Calendar Year

1974 in US Banking

123 bank events are on record for 1974: 4 failures, 119 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company, and 0 enforcement actions.

Failures

$3.82B in failed assets

119

Mergers

Federal Reserve NIC, banking organizations

Enforcement

OCC, FDIC, FRB, OTS and SEC 8-K filings

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How many banks failed in 1974?

4 banks failed in 1974, with $3.82B in assets. Each failure below links to its own page.

Date	Bank	HQ	Assets	Acquirer or resolution
Oct 9, 1974	Cromwell State Savings Bank	Cromwell, IA	$3.5M	—
Oct 8, 1974	Franklin National Bank	New York, NY	$3.66B	—
Sep 27, 1974	Tri-City Bank	Warren, MI	$16.3M	—
Sep 20, 1974	American Bank & Trust	Orangeburg, SC	$147.1M	—

Which banks merged in 1974?

119 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company are on record for 1974.

See the fuller list: Bank mergers 1974 with largest deals and credit union mergers ›

Date	Acquired	St	Acquirer
Dec 31, 1974	The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Englewood	OH	The Central Trust Company of Montgomery County, National Association
Dec 31, 1974	Financial Properties, Inc.	NY	Financial Institutions, Inc.
Dec 31, 1974	Citizens Bank	NC	Wachovia Bank, National Association
Dec 31, 1974	The First National Bank of Fair Haven	VT	First National Bank of Vermont
Dec 31, 1974	The Neshaminy Valley Bank	PA	Industrial Valley Bank and Trust Company
Dec 31, 1974	The Northfield National Bank	VT	First National Bank of Vermont
Dec 30, 1974	The First National Bank of Westwood	NJ	Midlantic National Bank/North
Dec 22, 1974	The Freeport State Bank	OH	Heritage Bank, N.A. - Hopedale
Dec 6, 1974	Ventura State Bank	IA	(unnamed)
Dec 3, 1974	Guaranty National Bank of White Center	WA	Old National Bank of Washington
Dec 3, 1974	United Jersey National Bank of Cherry Hill	NJ	United Jersey Bank/Southwest
Nov 30, 1974	The First National Bank of Cooperstown	NY	(unnamed)
Nov 30, 1974	The Victory State Bank	KS	Security Bank of Kansas City
Nov 30, 1974	Heritage Bank of Milwaukee	WI	Heritage Bank of Milwaukee
Nov 30, 1974	Egg Harbor Bank and Trust Company	NJ	First Fidelity Bank, National Association, South Jersey
Nov 30, 1974	Montpelier National Bank	VT	Vermont National Bank
Nov 30, 1974	Indian Head National Bank of Nashua	NH	Fleet Bank-NH
Nov 18, 1974	The Houtzdale Bank	PA	First Commonwealth Bank
Nov 16, 1974	Blairsville National Bank	PA	PNC Bank, N.A.
Nov 16, 1974	The Berwick National Bank	PA	First Eastern Bank, National Association
Nov 16, 1974	The County Bank, Santa Barbara-Carpinteria	CA	Barclays Bank of California
Nov 15, 1974	Citizens National Bank	MS	First Mississippi National Bank
Nov 12, 1974	The Loganton National Bank	PA	The State Bank of Avis
Nov 1, 1974	Deep River Bank and Trust Company	CT	Community Banking Company
Nov 1, 1974	Fairfield National Bank	NJ	Midlantic National Bank/North
Nov 1, 1974	Oakland State Bank	NJ	Citizens First National Bank of New Jersey
Nov 1, 1974	The Bank of Lena	MS	Merchants and Farmers Bank
Oct 29, 1974	Citizens Bank of Maple Shade	NJ	Citizens United Bank, National Association
Oct 29, 1974	Citizens State Bank	NJ	Citizens United Bank, National Association
Oct 29, 1974	Citizens National Bank of South Jersey	NJ	Citizens United Bank, National Association
Oct 22, 1974	Groveland State Bank	NY	Marine Midland Bank - Rochester
Oct 7, 1974	West Florida Bank Holding Co., Inc.	FL	Southeast Banking Corporation
Oct 5, 1974	The Miners Bank and Trust Company of West Hazleton, Pa.	PA	United Penn Bank
Oct 1, 1974	The Bank of Coleridge	NC	First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Oct 1, 1974	The Bank of Commerce	NC	First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Oct 1, 1974	The First National Bank in Bristol	SD	Norwest Bank Aberdeen, National Association
Oct 1, 1974	The National Bank of Commerce of Columbus	MS	(unnamed)
Oct 1, 1974	The Duncannon National Bank	PA	CCNB Bank, National Association
Oct 1, 1974	The Plymouth National Bank	PA	PNC Bank, Northeast PA
Sep 30, 1974	First Greenwood Bank	MS	Union Planters Bank of Mississippi
Sep 30, 1974	State Bank of Paradise	PA	Meridian Bank
Sep 16, 1974	Farmers Loan and Trust Company	IA	The Toy National Bank of Sioux City
Sep 14, 1974	Clay County Bank and Trust Company	MS	Renasant Bank
Aug 28, 1974	The Rentz Banking Company	GA	The Citizens and Southern Bank of Dublin
Aug 24, 1974	Commercial National Bank	CA	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Aug 17, 1974	Lexington Trust Company	MA	Shawmut County Bank, National Association
Aug 9, 1974	U. N. Bancshares, Inc.	MO	Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.
Aug 3, 1974	Belmar-Wall National Bank	NJ	National Westminster Bank USA
Aug 1, 1974	Hayward National Bank	CA	Bank of the West
Jul 29, 1974	First National Bank of Somerset County	PA	First Philson Bank, National Association

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