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Regional Banks Crash on "Cockroach" Loans

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Peter St Onge
Oct 21, 2025
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Fears of hidden losses at regional banks sent them skidding last week with potentially hundreds of billions of bad loans.

Is your neighborhood bank a hedge fund in disguise.

This is a big deal because regional banks hold roughly 1 in 4 deposits in the US -- about $5 trilion.

And they account for half of all industrial and commercial loans — and 80% of mor…

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