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Bank Failure

First State Bank

Closed March 27, 1986 · White Cloud, KS · FDIC Cert #17616.

Closing date
March 27, 1986
Headquarters
White Cloud, KS
FDIC Certificate
17616
Total assets at closing
$6.1M
Total deposits at closing
$5.6M
Estimated loss to DIF
$1.4M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Silver Lake Bank

Context

On March 27, 1986, regulators closed First State Bank, headquartered in White Cloud, KS. At closing, the institution held approximately $6.1M in assets and $5.6M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which Silver Lake Bank acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $1.4M.

By assets at closing this is the 2949th largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 152nd 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.

Common questions

When did First State Bank fail?

First State Bank was closed by regulators on March 27, 1986.

Who acquired First State Bank?

Silver Lake Bank acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on March 27, 1986 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.

How big was First State Bank when it failed?

First State Bank had approximately $6.1M in total assets and $5.6M 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