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Bank of Hackleburg

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Closed December 13, 1983 · Hackleburg, AL · FDIC Cert #1731.

Closing date
December 13, 1983
Headquarters
Hackleburg, AL
FDIC Certificate
1731
Total assets at closing
$6.5M
Total deposits at closing
$6.4M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.8M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Southtrust BK of Marion

Context

On December 13, 1983, regulators closed Bank of Hackleburg, headquartered in Hackleburg, AL. At closing, the institution held approximately $6.5M in assets and $6.4M in deposits. The FDIC record names Southtrust BK of Marion as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.8M.

By assets at closing this is the 2929th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 49th of 50 in 1983. 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 Bank of Hackleburg fail?

Bank of Hackleburg was closed by regulators on December 13, 1983.

Who acquired Bank of Hackleburg?

The FDIC record names Southtrust BK of Marion as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Bank of Hackleburg.

How big was Bank of Hackleburg when it failed?

Bank of Hackleburg had approximately $6.5M in total assets and $6.4M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1983

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1983 The Bank of Red Oak Red Oak, OK $11.1M
Dec 9, 1983 Union Trust Company San Juan, PR $30.6M
Dec 2, 1983 Metro FS&LA Lake Charles, LA $27.4M
Nov 25, 1983 Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank Atkinson, IL $21.1M
Nov 11, 1983 First Nat BK of Browning Browning, MT $13.7M
Nov 3, 1983 State of Clovis, Sa Clovis, NM $30.9M
Oct 28, 1983 Cleveland Community Savings Co. Cleveland, OH $21.0M
Oct 14, 1983 The First Nat BK of Midland Midland, TX $1.41B