Bailout

A bailout is when financial help is given to a corporation or country which is close to failure or bankruptcy.

Notable bailouts

Date	Entity	Liquidity Provider	Assets (US $ billion)
14-09-07	Northern Rock	Government of the United Kingdom	101.000
08-10-07	ABN AMRO	Royal Bank of Scotland	1025.200
23-01-08	West LB	Bundestag Federal Parliament	287.400
13-02-08	IKB	Bundestag Federal Parliament	50.200
01-04-08	Bear Stearns	JP Morgan	395.300
01-07-08	Countrywide	Bank of America	199.900
11-07-08	Indy Mac	United States Federal Government	32.700
14-07-08	Alliance & Leicester	Santander	71.100
24-08-08	Roskilde Bank	Danmarks Nationalbank	168.000
31-08-08	Dresdner Bank	Commerzbank	500.200
06-09-08	Fannie Mae	United States Federal Government	882.500
06-09-08	Freddie Mac	United States Federal Government	794.300
15-09-08	Lehman Brothers	BarclaysNomura	691.000
16-09-08	AIG	United States Federal Government	1060.500
16-09-08	Merrill Lynch	Bank of America	1,020.000
18-09-08	HBOS	Lloyds TSB	603.600
26-09-08	Washington Mutual	JP Morgan	328.000
28-09-08	Bradford & Bingley	Santander	51.900
28-09-08	Fortis	BNP Paribas	571.100
29-09-08	Abbey National	Santander	271.800
29-09-08	Glitnir	State Council of Iceland	24.300
30-09-08	Dexia	Federal Government of Belgium	604.500
03-10-08	Wachovia	Wells Fargo	782.800
07-10-08	Landsbanki	State Council of Iceland	85.900
09-10-08	Kaupthing	State Council of Iceland	53.700
13-10-08	Lloyds TSB	Government of the United Kingdom	353.300
13-10-08	Royal Bank of Scotland	Government of the United Kingdom	1900.500
14-10-08	Bank of America	United States Federal Government	1715.700
14-10-08	Bank of New York Mellon	United States Federal Government	1121.000
14-10-08	Citigroup	United States Federal Government	2187.600
14-10-08	Goldman Sachs	United States Federal Government	1119.700
14-10-08	JP Morgan	United States Federal Government	1562.100
14-10-08	Morgan Stanley	United States Federal Government	1045.400
14-10-08	State Street	United States Federal Government	1979.000
14-10-08	Wells Fargo	United States Federal Government	575.400
16-10-08	UBS	Swiss Federal Council	2277.100
20-10-08	ING	De Nederlandsche Bank	994.100
24-10-08	PNC	United States Federal Government	101.800
26-10-08	Carnegie Investment Bank	Sveriges Riksbank	297.100
30-10-08	Erste	Oesterreichische Nationalbank	235.900
03-11-08	Banco Portugues de Negocios (BPN)	Government of Portugal	97.000
03-11-08	Commerzbank	Bundestag Federal Parliament	616.400
03-11-08	Kommunalbank	Oesterreichische Nationalbank	42.800
17-11-08	BB&T	United States Federal Government	121.300
17-11-08	Capital One	United States Federal Government	150.000
17-11-08	Regions	United States Federal Government	143.300
17-11-08	Suntrust	United States Federal Government	182.200
17-11-08	US Bancorp	United States Federal Government	219.200
10-12-08	SNS Reaal	Council of Ministers	104.500
11-12-08	KBC	Federal Government of Belgium	561.200
15-12-08	Sachsen LB	Bundestag Federal Parliament	68.000
19-12-08	Landesbank Bayern	Landtag of Bavaria	546.600
21-12-08	Allied Irish Bank	Government of Ireland	178.000
21-12-08	Anglo Irish Bank	Government of Ireland	96.600
21-12-08	Bank of Ireland	Government of Ireland	188.800
23-12-08	American Express	United States Federal Government	128.000
29-12-08	Hypo Alpe Adria Bank	Oesterreichische Nationalbank	40.600
31-12-08	Fifth Third	United States Federal Government	100.600
21-01-09	Alpha Bank	Government of Greece	69.000
21-01-09	Eurobank	Government of Greece	82.200
21-01-09	National Bank of Greece	Government of Greece	101.800
21-01-09	Piraeus Bank	Government of Greece	54.800
30-01-09	Zentralbank	Oesterreichische Nationalbank	62.800
07-02-09	Nordea	Sveriges Riksbank	456.300
15-02-09	Aareal Bank	Deutsche Bundesbank	60.300
28-03-09	Caja Castilla la Mancha	Bank of Spain	26.800
28-03-09	Hypo Group (Eurohypo, HVB, Hypo Real Estate)	Unicredit	398.200
07-04-09	Oesterreichische Volksbanken	Oesterreichische Nationalbank	107.400
30-04-09	HSH Nordbank	Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein	47.100
15-04-10	Banco Privado Portugues (BPP)	Banco do Brasil	2.900
21-05-09	Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATEbank)	Piraeus Bank	40.200
25-05-09	Greek Postal Savings Bank (TT Hellenic Postbank)	Eurobank	23.200
17-06-10	EBS Building Society	Allied Irish Bank	21.500
30-06-09	Landesbank Baden	Landtag of Baden-Wurttemberg	580.300
27-07-09	Caja Sur	Kutxabank	21.900
18-11-09	BAWAG	Oesterreichische Nationalbank	66.500
30-03-10	Banco Ceiss	Bank of Spain	54.500
30-03-10	UNNIM Banc	Bank of Spain	38.000
29-06-10	Banco Mare Nostrum	Bank of Spain	2.700
29-06-10	Caja 3	Bank of Spain	26.700
28-07-10	Catalunya Caixa	BBVA	81.000
17-08-10	Irish Nationwide	Anglo Irish Bank	94.400
25-05-11	NordLB	Landtag of Lower Saxony	255.100
26-07-11	Banco CAM	Bank of Spain	70.800
31-10-11	MF Global	National Futures Asscoiation	40.500
21-11-11	Banco de Valencia	Government of Spain	23.700
25-03-12	Laiki Bank	Government of Cyprus	41.800
29-03-12	Irish Life & Permanent TSB	Government of Ireland	72.000
07-05-12	Bankia	Government of Spain	298.300
04-06-12	Banco Portugues Investimentos (BPI)	Government of Portugal	44.400
04-06-12	Caixa Geral Depositos	Government of Portugal	120.500
04-06-12	Millennium BCP	Government of Portugal	93.400
27-06-12	Bank of Cyprus	Government of Cyprus	48.200
16-11-12	Liberbank	Bank of Spain	65.500
28-11-12	Banco Gallego	Bank of Spain	6.000
01-12-12	Hypo Tirol Bank	Osterreichische Nationalbank	15.300
11-01-13	Banco Internacional du Funchal (BANIF)	Government of Portugal	17.300
11-11-13	Nova Galicia	Bradesco	70.200
09-05-14	Co-Operative Bank	Invesco	43.300
04-08-14	Banco Espirito Santo (BES)	Government of Portugal	3.000