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Cardwell State Bank

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Closed August 28, 1985 · Cardwell, MO · FDIC Cert #16084.

Closing date
August 28, 1985
Headquarters
Cardwell, MO
FDIC Certificate
16084
Total assets (last filing before closing)
$6.2M
Total deposits (last filing before closing)
$5.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$868K
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Merchants&planters BK Ho

Context

On August 28, 1985, regulators closed Cardwell State Bank, headquartered in Cardwell, MO. At closing, the institution held approximately $6.2M in assets and $5.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Merchants&planters BK Ho as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $868K.

By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 2947th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 121st 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 Cardwell State Bank fail?

Cardwell State Bank was closed by regulators on August 28, 1985.

Who acquired Cardwell State Bank?

The FDIC record names Merchants&planters BK Ho as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Cardwell State Bank.

How big was Cardwell State Bank when it failed?

Cardwell State Bank had approximately $6.2M in total assets and $5.7M 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