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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Bank of Kansas City

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Assistance provided December 29, 1986 · Kansas City, MO · FDIC Cert #15886.

Assistance date
December 29, 1986
Headquarters
Kansas City, MO
FDIC Certificate
15886
Total assets at the time
$114.1M
Total deposits at the time
$107.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.2M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
The Merchants Bank

Context

On December 29, 1986, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Bank of Kansas City, headquartered in Kansas City, MO. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $114.1M in assets and $107.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names The Merchants Bank as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.2M.

The FDIC record for 1986 holds 162 failures and 42 open-bank assistance transactions. 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 the FDIC provide assistance to Bank of Kansas City?

Bank of Kansas City received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 29, 1986; it did not fail.

How big was Bank of Kansas City at the time of assistance?

Bank of Kansas City had approximately $114.1M in total assets and $107.3M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1986

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 19, 1986 Lakeland State Bank Pequot Lakes, MN $49.4M
Dec 19, 1986 Farmers State Bank Lueders, TX $9.7M
Dec 18, 1986 First Bank & Trust Co. Booker, TX $94.9M
Dec 18, 1986 Landmark National Bank Denver, CO $12.9M
Dec 18, 1986 Lago Vista National Bank Lago Vista, TX $11.9M
Dec 12, 1986 Guaranty Federal Bank FSB Casper, WY $63.8M
Dec 12, 1986 First Savings of America Orland Park, IL $47.0M
Dec 9, 1986 The Citizens Bank of Windsor Windsor, MO $24.8M