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Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company

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Closed November 7, 1986 · Baton Rouge, LA · FDIC Cert #24081.

Closing date
November 7, 1986
Headquarters
Baton Rouge, LA
FDIC Certificate
24081
Total assets (last filing before closing)
$70.1M
Total deposits (last filing before closing)
$69.2M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$28.7M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Whitney NB of New Orlean

Context

On November 7, 1986, regulators closed Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $70.1M in assets and $69.2M in deposits. The FDIC record names Whitney NB of New Orlean as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $28.7M.

By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 1430th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 37th 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 Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company fail?

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company was closed by regulators on November 7, 1986.

Who acquired Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company?

The FDIC record names Whitney NB of New Orlean as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company.

How big was Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company when it failed?

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company had approximately $70.1M in total assets and $69.2M in deposits at the time of failure.

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