Bank Failure
Farmer's Bank
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Closed July 18, 1986 · Trimble, TN · FDIC Cert #8438.
- Closing date
- July 18, 1986
- Headquarters
- Trimble, TN
- FDIC Certificate
- 8438
- Total assets (last filing before closing)
- $21.4M
- Total deposits (last filing before closing)
- $20.2M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $7.4M
- Insurance fund
- FDIC insurance fund
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- First Tennessee Bank N.A.
Context
On July 18, 1986, regulators closed Farmer's Bank, headquartered in Trimble, TN. At closing, the institution held approximately $21.4M in assets and $20.2M in deposits. The FDIC record names First Tennessee Bank N.A. 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 2285th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 95th of 162 in 1986. 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 Farmer's Bank fail?
Farmer's Bank was closed by regulators on July 18, 1986.
Who acquired Farmer's Bank?
The FDIC record names First Tennessee Bank N.A. as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Farmer's Bank.
How big was Farmer's Bank when it failed?
Farmer's Bank had approximately $21.4M in total assets and $20.2M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1986
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 1986 | Lakeland State Bank | $49.4M |
| Dec 19, 1986 | Farmers State Bank | $9.7M |
| Dec 18, 1986 | First Bank & Trust Co. | $94.9M |
| Dec 18, 1986 | Landmark National Bank | $12.9M |
| Dec 18, 1986 | Lago Vista National Bank | $11.9M |
| Dec 12, 1986 | Guaranty Federal Bank FSB | $63.8M |
| Dec 12, 1986 | First Savings of America | $47.0M |
| Dec 9, 1986 | The Citizens Bank of Windsor | $24.8M |
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