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Bank Failure

Farmers State Bank

Closed August 2, 1985 · Rising City, NE · FDIC Cert #11828.

Closing date
August 2, 1985
Headquarters
Rising City, NE
FDIC Certificate
11828
Total assets at closing
$12.8M
Total deposits at closing
$11.9M
Estimated loss to DIF
$320K
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Union Bank&trust Co

Context

On August 2, 1985, regulators closed Farmers State Bank, headquartered in Rising City, NE. At closing, the institution held approximately $12.8M in assets and $11.9M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which Union Bank&trust Co acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $320K.

By assets at closing this is the 2642nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 99th 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.

Common questions

When did Farmers State Bank fail?

Farmers State Bank was closed by regulators on August 2, 1985.

Who acquired Farmers State Bank?

Union Bank&trust Co acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on August 2, 1985 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.

How big was Farmers State Bank when it failed?

Farmers State Bank had approximately $12.8M in total assets and $11.9M 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