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Bank Failure

The Farmers State Bank

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Closed September 21, 1979 · Protection, KS · FDIC Cert #17377.

Closing date
September 21, 1979
Headquarters
Protection, KS
FDIC Certificate
17377
Total assets at closing
$5.0M
Total deposits at closing
$4.7M
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 September 21, 1979, regulators closed The Farmers State Bank, headquartered in Protection, KS. At closing, the institution held approximately $5.0M in assets and $4.7M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution.

By assets at closing this is the 2992nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 9th of 10 in 1979. It falls in the period the record labels Postwar Stability (1945-1979), a period with 161 failures peaking at 16 in 1976.

Three decades of regulated calm — Reg Q ceilings, geographic branching limits, and high industry profits kept failures rare.

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

Common questions

When did The Farmers State Bank fail?

The Farmers State Bank was closed by regulators on September 21, 1979.

How big was The Farmers State Bank when it failed?

The Farmers State Bank had approximately $5.0M in total assets and $4.7M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1979

Date Bank HQ Assets
Oct 12, 1979 Livingston State Bank Livingston, NJ $12.7M
Oct 12, 1979 American National Bank Houston, TX $10.7M
Sep 28, 1979 Fidelity Bank Utica, MS $32.8M
Jul 14, 1979 Gateway National Bank Chicago, IL $16.9M
Jul 14, 1979 The Guaranty Bank & Trust Company Chicago, IL $7.9M
Jun 16, 1979 Bank of Enville Enville, TN $3.5M
Jun 14, 1979 Southern National Bank Birmingham, AL $32.6M
Jan 26, 1979 Village Bank Pueblo West, CO $5.1M