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The Brewster State Bank

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Closed December 7, 1936 · Brewster, KS .

Closing date
December 7, 1936
Headquarters
Brewster, KS
Total deposits at closing
$75K
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this failure)
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On December 7, 1936, regulators closed The Brewster State Bank, headquartered in Brewster, KS. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution.

The FDIC record for 1936 holds 69 failures. It falls in the period the record labels Early FDIC Era (1934-1944), a period with 397 failures peaking at 75 in 1937.

FDIC's first decade after the 1933 Banking Act. Failures fell sharply once deposit insurance restored confidence.

Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.

Common questions

When did The Brewster State Bank fail?

The Brewster State Bank was closed by regulators on December 7, 1936.

Other failures in 1936

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 31, 1936 Central State Bank of Sherman Sherman, TX $312K
Dec 21, 1936 Bank of Berthold Berthold, ND —
Dec 21, 1936 First State Bank Coteau, ND —
Dec 21, 1936 The Cummings State Bank Cummings, ND —
Dec 21, 1936 Reservation State Bank Makoti, ND —
Dec 21, 1936 First State Bank of Max Max, ND —
Dec 21, 1936 First State Bank of Powers Lake Powers Lake, ND —
Dec 19, 1936 Northern and Dakota Trust Company Fargo, ND —