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Bank Failure

Moncor Bank, N.A.

Closed August 30, 1985 · Hobbs, NM · FDIC Cert #16798.

Closing date
August 30, 1985
Headquarters
Hobbs, NM
FDIC Certificate
16798
Total assets at closing
$229.3M
Total deposits at closing
$220.3M
Estimated loss to DIF
$54.0M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
United Bank of Lea Count

Context

On August 30, 1985, regulators closed Moncor Bank, N.A., headquartered in Hobbs, NM. At closing, the institution held approximately $229.3M in assets and $220.3M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which United Bank of Lea Count acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $54.0M.

By assets at closing this is the 682nd largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 12th of 139 in 1985. 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 Moncor Bank, N.A. fail?

Moncor Bank, N.A. was closed by regulators on August 30, 1985.

Who acquired Moncor Bank, N.A.?

United Bank of Lea Count acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on August 30, 1985 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.

How big was Moncor Bank, N.A. when it failed?

Moncor Bank, N.A. had approximately $229.3M in total assets and $220.3M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1985

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 20, 1985 First City Bank Glendale, CA $35.8M
Dec 20, 1985 State Bank of Frost Frost, MN $7.7M
Dec 19, 1985 Princeton State Bank Princeton, MO $18.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers State Bank Sargent, NE $12.5M
Dec 19, 1985 Bank of Panama Panama, NE $4.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers & Merchants Bank Comstock, NE $3.3M
Dec 13, 1985 The First National Bank in Lincoln County Ruidoso, NM $32.0M
Dec 13, 1985 Lake National Bank Lake Ozark, MO $19.8M