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Bank of Lockesburg

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Closed May 31, 1985 · Lockesburg, AR · FDIC Cert #13790.

Closing date
May 31, 1985
Headquarters
Lockesburg, AR
FDIC Certificate
13790
Total assets (last filing before closing)
$25.5M
Total deposits (last filing before closing)
$23.5M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$7.4M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Bank of Lockesburg

Context

On May 31, 1985, regulators closed Bank of Lockesburg, headquartered in Lockesburg, AR. At closing, the institution held approximately $25.5M in assets and $23.5M in deposits. The FDIC record names Bank of Lockesburg as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $7.4M.

By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 2170th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 63rd of 139 in 1985. 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, in nominal dollars, and can differ from the balance on the closing day.

Common questions

When did Bank of Lockesburg fail?

Bank of Lockesburg was closed by regulators on May 31, 1985.

Who acquired Bank of Lockesburg?

The FDIC record names Bank of Lockesburg as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Bank of Lockesburg.

How big was Bank of Lockesburg when it failed?

Bank of Lockesburg had approximately $25.5M in total assets and $23.5M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1985

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 20, 1985 First City Bank Glendale, CA $35.8M
Dec 20, 1985 State Bank of Frost Frost, MN $7.7M
Dec 19, 1985 Princeton State Bank Princeton, MO $18.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers State Bank Sargent, NE $12.5M
Dec 19, 1985 Bank of Panama Panama, NE $4.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers & Merchants Bank Comstock, NE $3.3M
Dec 13, 1985 The First National Bank in Lincoln County Ruidoso, NM $32.0M
Dec 13, 1985 Lake National Bank Lake Ozark, MO $19.8M