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Bank Failure

The Sedan State Bank

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Closed September 25, 1985 · Sedan, KS · FDIC Cert #1148.

Closing date
September 25, 1985
Headquarters
Sedan, KS
FDIC Certificate
1148
Total assets at closing
$28.2M
Total deposits at closing
$26.6M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$8.3M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On September 25, 1985, regulators closed The Sedan State Bank, headquartered in Sedan, KS. At closing, the institution held approximately $28.2M in assets and $26.6M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $8.3M.

By assets at closing this is the 2092nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 56th 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.

Common questions

When did The Sedan State Bank fail?

The Sedan State Bank was closed by regulators on September 25, 1985.

How big was The Sedan State Bank when it failed?

The Sedan State Bank had approximately $28.2M in total assets and $26.6M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1985

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 20, 1985 First City Bank Glendale, CA $35.8M
Dec 20, 1985 State Bank of Frost Frost, MN $7.7M
Dec 19, 1985 Princeton State Bank Princeton, MO $18.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers State Bank Sargent, NE $12.5M
Dec 19, 1985 Bank of Panama Panama, NE $4.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers & Merchants Bank Comstock, NE $3.3M
Dec 13, 1985 The First National Bank in Lincoln County Ruidoso, NM $32.0M
Dec 13, 1985 Lake National Bank Lake Ozark, MO $19.8M