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The Bank of Red Oak

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Closed December 16, 1983 · Red Oak, OK · FDIC Cert #431.

Closing date
December 16, 1983
Headquarters
Red Oak, OK
FDIC Certificate
431
Total assets at closing
$11.1M
Total deposits at closing
$10.5M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$2.8M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Farmers State Bank

Context

On December 16, 1983, regulators closed The Bank of Red Oak, headquartered in Red Oak, OK. At closing, the institution held approximately $11.1M in assets and $10.5M in deposits. The FDIC record names Farmers State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $2.8M.

By assets at closing this is the 2726th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 44th of 50 in 1983. 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 The Bank of Red Oak fail?

The Bank of Red Oak was closed by regulators on December 16, 1983.

Who acquired The Bank of Red Oak?

The FDIC record names Farmers State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of The Bank of Red Oak.

How big was The Bank of Red Oak when it failed?

The Bank of Red Oak had approximately $11.1M in total assets and $10.5M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 13, 1983 Bank of Hackleburg Hackleburg, AL $6.5M
Dec 9, 1983 Union Trust Company San Juan, PR $30.6M
Dec 2, 1983 Metro FS&LA Lake Charles, LA $27.4M
Nov 25, 1983 Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank Atkinson, IL $21.1M
Nov 11, 1983 First Nat BK of Browning Browning, MT $13.7M
Nov 3, 1983 State of Clovis, Sa Clovis, NM $30.9M
Oct 28, 1983 Cleveland Community Savings Co. Cleveland, OH $21.0M
Oct 14, 1983 The First Nat BK of Midland Midland, TX $1.41B