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Bank Failure

The Des Plaines Bank

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Closed March 14, 1981 · Des Plaines, IL · FDIC Cert #18373.

Closing date
March 14, 1981
Headquarters
Des Plaines, IL
FDIC Certificate
18373
Total assets at closing
$46.5M
Total deposits at closing
$42.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.1M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On March 14, 1981, regulators closed The Des Plaines Bank, headquartered in Des Plaines, IL. At closing, the institution held approximately $46.5M in assets and $42.9M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.1M.

By assets at closing this is the 1715th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 3rd 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 The Des Plaines Bank fail?

The Des Plaines Bank was closed by regulators on March 14, 1981.

How big was The Des Plaines Bank when it failed?

The Des Plaines Bank had approximately $46.5M in total assets and $42.9M 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
Jun 19, 1981 Northwest Commerce Bank North Bend, OR $6.7M
May 18, 1981 Economy S&LA Chicago, IL $73.9M
Mar 17, 1981 Peoples Banking Company Boston, GA $8.4M
Mar 14, 1981 South Side Bank Chicago, IL $27.5M