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Cedar Bluff Bank

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Closed November 2, 1982 · Cedar Bluff, AL · FDIC Cert #9053.

Closing date
November 2, 1982
Headquarters
Cedar Bluff, AL
FDIC Certificate
9053
Total assets at closing
$13.7M
Total deposits at closing
$12.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.5M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Union State Bank

Context

On November 2, 1982, regulators closed Cedar Bluff Bank, headquartered in Cedar Bluff, AL. At closing, the institution held approximately $13.7M in assets and $12.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Union State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 2599th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 22nd of 34 in 1982. 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 Cedar Bluff Bank fail?

Cedar Bluff Bank was closed by regulators on November 2, 1982.

Who acquired Cedar Bluff Bank?

The FDIC record names Union State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Cedar Bluff Bank.

How big was Cedar Bluff Bank when it failed?

Cedar Bluff Bank had approximately $13.7M in total assets and $12.7M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1982

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1982 The Security State Bank Mooreland, OK $11.6M
Dec 10, 1982 Bollinger County Bank Lutesville, MO $15.9M
Nov 19, 1982 North Kansas Sa Beloit, KS $36.5M
Nov 19, 1982 Ranchlander National Bank Melvin, TX $4.3M
Nov 12, 1982 Bank of Quitman Quitman, AR $17.4M
Nov 5, 1982 The First National Bank of South Charlesto South Charleston, WV $28.6M
Nov 5, 1982 Texas BK of Amarillo Amarillo, TX $13.1M
Oct 8, 1982 Tri-State Bank Markham, IL $16.3M