Bank Failure
American Bank & Trust Company
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Closed April 11, 1991 · Shreveport, LA · FDIC Cert #18723.
- Closing date
- April 11, 1991
- Headquarters
- Shreveport, LA
- FDIC Certificate
- 18723
- Total assets at closing
- $60.9M
- Total deposits at closing
- $60.4M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $10.5M
- Insurance fund
- Bank Insurance Fund (BIF)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Tri-State Bank and Trust
Context
On April 11, 1991, regulators closed American Bank & Trust Company, headquartered in Shreveport, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $60.9M in assets and $60.4M in deposits. The FDIC record names Tri-State Bank and Trust as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) was approximately $10.5M.
By assets at closing this is the 1516th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 157th of 268 in 1991. It falls in the period the record labels S&L / Banking Crisis (1980-1995), a period with 2,367 failures peaking at 530 in 1989.
Deregulation, interest-rate shocks, and commercial real estate blowups produced the worst US banking failure wave since the Depression. Resulted in FIRREA (1989) and the RTC.
Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.
Common questions
When did American Bank & Trust Company fail?
American Bank & Trust Company was closed by regulators on April 11, 1991.
Who acquired American Bank & Trust Company?
The FDIC record names Tri-State Bank and Trust as the acquiring institution in the resolution of American Bank & Trust Company.
How big was American Bank & Trust Company when it failed?
American Bank & Trust Company had approximately $60.9M in total assets and $60.4M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1991
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1991 | North Ridge Bank | $94.3M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Investors FSB | $2.06B |
| Dec 13, 1991 | The Bank Mart | $578.2M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Merchants National Bank | $153.6M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Bank of East Hartford | $36.6M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Federal Finance & Mortgage, LTD | $7.7M |
| Dec 12, 1991 | Granite Co-Operative Bank | $103.8M |
| Dec 6, 1991 | Saybrook Bank and Trust Company | $77.3M |
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