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First Nat BK of Browning

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Closed November 11, 1983 · Browning, MT · FDIC Cert #2166.

Closing date
November 11, 1983
Headquarters
Browning, MT
FDIC Certificate
2166
Total assets at closing
$13.7M
Total deposits at closing
$13.4M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$3.1M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On November 11, 1983, regulators closed First Nat BK of Browning, headquartered in Browning, MT. At closing, the institution held approximately $13.7M in assets and $13.4M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $3.1M.

By assets at closing this is the 2598th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 39th of 50 in 1983. 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 First Nat BK of Browning fail?

First Nat BK of Browning was closed by regulators on November 11, 1983.

How big was First Nat BK of Browning when it failed?

First Nat BK of Browning had approximately $13.7M in total assets and $13.4M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1983

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1983 The Bank of Red Oak Red Oak, OK $11.1M
Dec 13, 1983 Bank of Hackleburg Hackleburg, AL $6.5M
Dec 9, 1983 Union Trust Company San Juan, PR $30.6M
Dec 2, 1983 Metro FS&LA Lake Charles, LA $27.4M
Nov 25, 1983 Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank Atkinson, IL $21.1M
Nov 3, 1983 State of Clovis, Sa Clovis, NM $30.9M
Oct 28, 1983 Cleveland Community Savings Co. Cleveland, OH $21.0M
Oct 14, 1983 The First Nat BK of Midland Midland, TX $1.41B