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Bank Failure

Farmers State Bank

Closed June 15, 1984 · Lyons, SD · FDIC Cert #9009.

Closing date
June 15, 1984
Headquarters
Lyons, SD
FDIC Certificate
9009
Total assets at closing
$3.2M
Total deposits at closing
$3.0M
Estimated loss to DIF
$855K
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Dakota State Bank

Context

On June 15, 1984, regulators closed Farmers State Bank, headquartered in Lyons, SD. At closing, the institution held approximately $3.2M in assets and $3.0M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which Dakota State Bank acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $855K.

By assets at closing this is the 3052nd largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 82nd of 83 in 1984. 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 Farmers State Bank fail?

Farmers State Bank was closed by regulators on June 15, 1984.

Who acquired Farmers State Bank?

Dakota State Bank acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on June 15, 1984 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.

How big was Farmers State Bank when it failed?

Farmers State Bank had approximately $3.2M in total assets and $3.0M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1984

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 22, 1984 First Security Bank Sandwich, IL $13.4M
Dec 20, 1984 The Farmers State Bank Selden, KS $14.6M
Dec 18, 1984 Uehling State Bank Uehling, NE $4.2M
Dec 11, 1984 University Bank of Wichita Wichita, KS $4.7M
Dec 7, 1984 San Marino S&LA San Marino, CA $856.8M
Dec 7, 1984 Farmers State BK of Holyoke Holyoke, CO $3.9M
Dec 4, 1984 Golden Spike State Bank Tremonton, UT $7.8M
Nov 30, 1984 The Dayton BK & TR Co. Dayton, TN $51.4M