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Bank Failure

Northwest Commerce Bank

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Closed June 19, 1981 · North Bend, OR · FDIC Cert #22640.

Closing date
June 19, 1981
Headquarters
North Bend, OR
FDIC Certificate
22640
Total assets at closing
$6.7M
Total deposits at closing
$5.2M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.0M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Citizens Bank of North B

Context

On June 19, 1981, regulators closed Northwest Commerce Bank, headquartered in North Bend, OR. At closing, the institution held approximately $6.7M in assets and $5.2M in deposits. The FDIC record names Citizens Bank of North B as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.0M.

By assets at closing this is the 2915th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 7th of 9 in 1981. 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 Northwest Commerce Bank fail?

Northwest Commerce Bank was closed by regulators on June 19, 1981.

Who acquired Northwest Commerce Bank?

The FDIC record names Citizens Bank of North B as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Northwest Commerce Bank.

How big was Northwest Commerce Bank when it failed?

Northwest Commerce Bank had approximately $6.7M in total assets and $5.2M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1981

Date Bank HQ Assets
Oct 30, 1981 Midtown National Bank Pueblo, CO $10.6M
Oct 23, 1981 High Lakes Community Bank La Pine, OR $3.7M
Sep 25, 1981 Southwestern Bank Tucson, AZ $5.3M
Sep 8, 1981 First FS&LA of Rochester Rochester, NY $1.20B
May 18, 1981 Economy S&LA Chicago, IL $73.9M
Mar 17, 1981 Peoples Banking Company Boston, GA $8.4M
Mar 14, 1981 The Des Plaines Bank Des Plaines, IL $46.5M
Mar 14, 1981 South Side Bank Chicago, IL $27.5M