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The State Bank

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Closed November 16, 1934 ยท Sauk City, WI .

Closing date
November 16, 1934
Headquarters
Sauk City, WI
Total assets at closing
$195K
Total deposits at closing
$170K
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 November 16, 1934, regulators closed The State Bank, headquartered in Sauk City, WI. At closing, the institution held approximately $195K in assets and $170K in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution.

By assets at closing this is the 3243rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 4th of 9 in 1934. It falls in the period the record labels Early FDIC Era (1934-1944), a period with 397 failures peaking at 75 in 1937.

FDIC's first decade after the 1933 Banking Act. Failures fell sharply once deposit insurance restored confidence.

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

Common questions

When did The State Bank fail?

The State Bank was closed by regulators on November 16, 1934.

How big was The State Bank when it failed?

The State Bank had approximately $195K in total assets and $170K in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1934

Date Bank HQ Assets
Oct 13, 1934 Pickens County Bank Jasper, GA $243K
Oct 11, 1934 Farmers & Traders Bank Porterfield, WI $46K
Sep 13, 1934 Farmers State Bank of Bongards Bongards, MN $91K
Aug 6, 1934 Bank of Lewisport Lewisport, KY $81K
Jul 18, 1934 Florence Deposit Bank Florence, IN $105K
Jul 18, 1934 First National Bank of Lima Lima, MT $91K
May 28, 1934 Fon Du Lac State Bank East Peoria, IL $374K
Apr 19, 1934 Bank of America Trust Co. Pittsburgh, PA $1.4M