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Guaranty National Bank

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Closed March 12, 2004 · Tallahassee, FL · FDIC Cert #26838.

Closing date
March 12, 2004
Headquarters
Tallahassee, FL
FDIC Certificate
26838
Total assets at closing
$71.3M
Total deposits at closing
$65.6M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this failure)
Insurance fund
Bank Insurance Fund (BIF)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Hancock Bank

Context

On March 12, 2004, regulators closed Guaranty National Bank, headquartered in Tallahassee, FL. At closing, the institution held approximately $71.3M in assets and $65.6M in deposits. The FDIC record names Hancock Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution.

By assets at closing this is the 1413th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 1st of 4 in 2004. It falls in the period the record labels Consolidation Calm (1996-2007), a period with 50 failures peaking at 11 in 2002.

Riegle-Neal interstate-banking era. Industry consolidated rapidly via merger; failure counts dropped to single digits per year.

Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.

Common questions

When did Guaranty National Bank fail?

Guaranty National Bank was closed by regulators on March 12, 2004.

Who acquired Guaranty National Bank?

The FDIC record names Hancock Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Guaranty National Bank.

How big was Guaranty National Bank when it failed?

Guaranty National Bank had approximately $71.3M in total assets and $65.6M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 2004

Date Bank HQ Assets
Jun 25, 2004 Bank of Ephraim Ephraim, UT $56.8M
Mar 19, 2004 Reliance Bank White Plains, NY $28.6M
Feb 14, 2004 Dollar Savings Bank Newark, NJ $13.4M