LOS ANGELES - IndyMac Bank's assets were seized by federal regulators on Friday after succumbing to the pressures of tighter credit [1], tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures.

The Office of Thrift Supervision said it transferred IndyMac's operations to the Federal Deposit Insurance [2] Corporation because it did not think the lender could meet its depositors' demands.

IndyMac customers with funds in the bank were limited to taking out money via automated teller machines over the weekend, debit card transactions or checks, regulators said.