91 banks miss TARP payments

A lot of the TARP banks are in real trouble.
If this money was loaned from private institutions rather than from the taxpayer this would be called a default.

The statistics, compiled by SNL Financial from U.S. Treasury data, showed 91 banks and thrifts skipped the May dividend payment under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. It was the first missed payment for 23 of the banks; for the others, it was at least their second miss.
The number of banks missing their TARP payments rose for the third straight quarter. In February, 74 banks deferred their payments; 55 deferred last November.
SNL Financial's analysis found 20 banks have missed four or more payments since the program began in 2008, while eight banks have missed five payments.
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While many of the largest U.S. banks easily repaid billions in TARP aid, more than 600 smaller banks still hold $130 billion from the program, created at the height of the financial crisis.

Does anyone care about the TARP money anymore?

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o reily?

gee, that goes against the much touted "it's all paid back, it's all good" things are fine mantra.