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Citizens State Bank of El Dorado

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Closed July 25, 1985 · El Dorado, KS · FDIC Cert #12423.

Closing date
July 25, 1985
Headquarters
El Dorado, KS
FDIC Certificate
12423
Total assets (last filing before closing)
$31.2M
Total deposits (last filing before closing)
$29.5M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.5M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
National Bank of El Dora

Context

On July 25, 1985, regulators closed Citizens State Bank of El Dorado, headquartered in El Dorado, KS. At closing, the institution held approximately $31.2M in assets and $29.5M in deposits. The FDIC record names National Bank of El Dora as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.5M.

By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 2024th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 51st 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 Citizens State Bank of El Dorado fail?

Citizens State Bank of El Dorado was closed by regulators on July 25, 1985.

Who acquired Citizens State Bank of El Dorado?

The FDIC record names National Bank of El Dora as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Citizens State Bank of El Dorado.

How big was Citizens State Bank of El Dorado when it failed?

Citizens State Bank of El Dorado had approximately $31.2M in total assets and $29.5M 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