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Bank Failure

State Bank of Alexandria

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Closed April 10, 1985 · Alexandria, NE · FDIC Cert #17466.

Closing date
April 10, 1985
Headquarters
Alexandria, NE
FDIC Certificate
17466
Total assets (last filing before closing)
$2.5M
Total deposits (last filing before closing)
$2.4M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$170K
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On April 10, 1985, regulators closed State Bank of Alexandria, headquartered in Alexandria, NE. At closing, the institution held approximately $2.5M in assets and $2.4M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $170K.

By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 3076th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 139th 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, in nominal dollars, and can differ from the balance on the closing day.

Common questions

When did State Bank of Alexandria fail?

State Bank of Alexandria was closed by regulators on April 10, 1985.

How big was State Bank of Alexandria when it failed?

State Bank of Alexandria had approximately $2.5M in total assets and $2.4M 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