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First Citizens Bank

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Closed August 7, 1986 · Dallas, TX · FDIC Cert #17310.

Closing date
August 7, 1986
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
FDIC Certificate
17310
Total assets (last filing before closing)
$112.7M
Total deposits (last filing before closing)
$105.4M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$16.1M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Grand Bank Northeast

Context

On August 7, 1986, regulators closed First Citizens Bank, headquartered in Dallas, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $112.7M in assets and $105.4M in deposits. The FDIC record names Grand Bank Northeast as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $16.1M.

By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 1120th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 19th 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 First Citizens Bank fail?

First Citizens Bank was closed by regulators on August 7, 1986.

Who acquired First Citizens Bank?

The FDIC record names Grand Bank Northeast as the acquiring institution in the resolution of First Citizens Bank.

How big was First Citizens Bank when it failed?

First Citizens Bank had approximately $112.7M in total assets and $105.4M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1986

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 19, 1986 Lakeland State Bank Pequot Lakes, MN $49.4M
Dec 19, 1986 Farmers State Bank Lueders, TX $9.7M
Dec 18, 1986 First Bank & Trust Co. Booker, TX $94.9M
Dec 18, 1986 Landmark National Bank Denver, CO $12.9M
Dec 18, 1986 Lago Vista National Bank Lago Vista, TX $11.9M
Dec 12, 1986 Guaranty Federal Bank FSB Casper, WY $63.8M
Dec 12, 1986 First Savings of America Orland Park, IL $47.0M
Dec 9, 1986 The Citizens Bank of Windsor Windsor, MO $24.8M