Bank Failure
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ru
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Closed November 21, 1985 · La Crosse, KS · FDIC Cert #13160.
- Closing date
- November 21, 1985
- Headquarters
- La Crosse, KS
- FDIC Certificate
- 13160
- Total assets (last filing before closing)
- $32.6M
- Total deposits (last filing before closing)
- $28.9M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $10.0M
- Insurance fund
- FDIC insurance fund
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
Context
On November 21, 1985, regulators closed The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ru, headquartered in La Crosse, KS. At closing, the institution held approximately $32.6M in assets and $28.9M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $10.0M.
By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 1981st largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 46th 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 The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ru fail?
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ru was closed by regulators on November 21, 1985.
How big was The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ru when it failed?
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ru had approximately $32.6M in total assets and $28.9M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1985
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1985 | First City Bank | $35.8M |
| Dec 20, 1985 | State Bank of Frost | $7.7M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Princeton State Bank | $18.4M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Farmers State Bank | $12.5M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Bank of Panama | $4.4M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Farmers & Merchants Bank | $3.3M |
| Dec 13, 1985 | The First National Bank in Lincoln County | $32.0M |
| Dec 13, 1985 | Lake National Bank | $19.8M |
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