Bank Failure
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank
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Closed March 16, 1989 · Ballinger, TX · FDIC Cert #11893.
- Closing date
- March 16, 1989
- Headquarters
- Ballinger, TX
- FDIC Certificate
- 11893
- Total assets at closing
- $22.5M
- Total deposits at closing
- $22.0M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $2.1M
- Insurance fund
- FDIC insurance fund
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- The First National Bank of
Context
On March 16, 1989, regulators closed The Farmers & Merchants State Bank, headquartered in Ballinger, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $22.5M in assets and $22.0M in deposits. The FDIC record names The First National Bank of as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $2.1M.
By assets at closing this is the 2250th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 427th of 530 in 1989. 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 Farmers & Merchants State Bank fail?
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank was closed by regulators on March 16, 1989.
Who acquired The Farmers & Merchants State Bank?
The FDIC record names The First National Bank of as the acquiring institution in the resolution of The Farmers & Merchants State Bank.
How big was The Farmers & Merchants State Bank when it failed?
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank had approximately $22.5M in total assets and $22.0M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1989
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1989 | Columbia FSA | $77.1M |
| Dec 21, 1989 | Silver Savings Assoc. | $32.2M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | First City National Bank and Trust | $39.5M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | United Community Bank | $32.3M |
| Dec 15, 1989 | First American Bank and Trust | $1.38B |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Yorkridge-Calvert Federal Savings | $585.8M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Louisiana Savings Assn. | $449.3M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | First Acadiana Bank | $46.8M |
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