1985 Bank Mergers, Failures & Enforcement Actions

How many banks failed in 1985?

139 banks failed in 1985, with $9.90B in assets. Each failure below links to its own page.

Date	Bank	HQ	Assets	Acquirer or resolution
Aug 28, 1985	Missouri Delta Bank	Hayti, MO	$9.1M	Bank of Hayti
Aug 28, 1985	Cardwell State Bank	Cardwell, MO	$6.2M	Merchants&planters BK Ho
Aug 23, 1985	Alliance FS&LA	Kenner, LA	$188.1M	—
Aug 23, 1985	The Bank of Bronson	Bronson, KS	$9.6M	—
Aug 20, 1985	Centennial S&LA	Guerneville, CA	$368.2M	Citizens FS&LA
Aug 16, 1985	Montana S&LA	Kalispell, MT	$26.9M	—
Aug 15, 1985	Park West Bank, N.A.	Farmers Branch, TX	$20.5M	Park West State Bank
Aug 14, 1985	State Bank of Herndon	Herndon, KS	$6.2M	—
Aug 9, 1985	Sierra FS&LA	Denver, CO	$48.4M	Commercial FS&LA
Aug 9, 1985	State Bank of Farmersville	Farmersville, IL	$12.0M	Litchfield Bank&trust Co
Aug 8, 1985	Security Bank & Trust Company	Midwest City, OK	$35.0M	Security Bank of MW CTY
Aug 6, 1985	Mineola State Bank	Mineola, IA	$5.2M	Glenwood State Bank
Aug 2, 1985	Bell Savings Banc	Temple, TX	$185.0M	—
Aug 2, 1985	Farmers State Bank of Round Lake	Round Lake, MN	$23.2M	Farmers STB of Mountain
Aug 2, 1985	Farmers State Bank	Rising City, NE	$12.8M	Union Bank&trust Co
Aug 1, 1985	Riverside National Bank of Houston	Houston, TX	$18.4M	Peoples Bank National As
Jul 25, 1985	Citizens State Bank of El Dorado	El Dorado, KS	$31.2M	National Bank of El Dora
Jul 25, 1985	Kansas American Bank	Overland Park, KS	$25.7M	Midamerican B&T Overland
Jul 23, 1985	The First National Bank of Onaga	Onaga, KS	$22.4M	First National Bank of O
Jul 23, 1985	First National Bank of Glenrock	Glenrock, WY	$18.7M	National Bank of Glenroc
Jul 19, 1985	Linn County Bank	Linneus, MO	$5.4M	United Mo Bank of Linn C
Jul 19, 1985	Gilpin County Bank	Black Hawk, CO	$3.9M	First Intrst BK Golden N
Jul 18, 1985	Sunrise, S&LA	Lake Worth, FL	$1.52B	Beach FS&LA
Jul 18, 1985	The First National Bank of Darouzzet	Darrouzett, TX	$18.2M	—
Jul 18, 1985	Eskridge State Bank	Eskridge, KS	$10.1M	Flint Hills Bank of Eskr
Jul 11, 1985	Crossroads State Bank	Oklahoma City, OK	$17.8M	—
Jul 5, 1985	The First National Bank of Jacksonville	Jacksonville, AL	$43.3M	Amsouth Bank of Jacksonv
Jul 2, 1985	Madison Bank	Madison, KS	$8.4M	First NB of Madison
Jun 28, 1985	First Bank & Trust	Tracy City, TN	$21.1M	First NB of Shelbyville
Jun 25, 1985	Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB	Lake Providence, LA	$278.3M	Horizon FS&LA
Jun 25, 1985	Audubon S&LA	New Orleans, LA	$211.3M	Horizon FS&LA
Jun 25, 1985	Northlake S&LA	Covington, LA	$141.4M	Horizon FS&LA
Jun 25, 1985	New Orleans S&LA	New Orleans, LA	$118.0M	Horizon FS&LA
Jun 25, 1985	Crescent Savings Bank	New Orleans, LA	$89.1M	Horizon FS&LA
Jun 25, 1985	Community FS&LA	Baton Rouge, LA	$47.9M	Horizon FS&LA
Jun 21, 1985	Golden Pacific National Bank	New York, NY	$146.3M	Hongkong&shanghai BK Cor
Jun 21, 1985	First City Bank, N.A.	Oklahoma City, OK	$97.8M	City Bank&trust
Jun 21, 1985	Urbana Savings Bank	Urbana, IA	$7.2M	Peoples Bank&trust Co
Jun 20, 1985	Farmers State Bank of Dexter	Dexter, KS	$4.3M	—
Jun 14, 1985	Swift County Bank	Benson, MN	$41.6M	First Security STB Sleep
Jun 14, 1985	Strong's Bank	Dodgeville, WI	$30.7M	M&I Bank of Dodgeville
Jun 13, 1985	The First State Bank	Edna, KS	$8.3M	First State Bank of Edna
Jun 11, 1985	American National Bank of Riverton	Riverton, WY	$37.9M	First WY Bank Na Riverto
Jun 7, 1985	Community FS&LA	Nashville, TN	$22.7M	—
Jun 7, 1985	Magnolia FS&LA	Knoxville, TN	$4.8M	—
May 31, 1985	Bank of Lockesburg	Lockesburg, AR	$25.5M	Bank of Lockesburg
May 31, 1985	First Trust Bank of Lakefield	Lakefield, MN	$24.3M	Fulda State Bank
May 31, 1985	Bank of Taylor	Taylor, NE	$14.5M	Union Bank&trust Co
May 31, 1985	Fairfield State Bank	Fairfield, NE	$6.8M	—
May 31, 1985	Security State Bank	Edgar, NE	$6.6M	Guide Rock State Bank

Bank failures by state in 1985: Kansas (13) · Nebraska (13) · Oklahoma (13) · Texas (13) · California (11) · Iowa (11) · Missouri (9) · Colorado (7) · Louisiana (7) · Tennessee (7) · Minnesota (6) · Wyoming (5) · Oregon (4) · Florida (3) · New Mexico (3) · Arkansas (2) · Illinois (2) · New York (2) · Utah (2) · Alabama (1) · Indiana (1) · Michigan (1) · Montana (1) · Washington (1) · Wisconsin (1). Each state page lists every failure on record there.

Which banks merged in 1985?

1,032 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company are on record for 1985.

See the fuller list: Bank mergers 1985 with largest deals and credit union mergers ›

Date	Acquired	St	Acquirer
Dec 31, 1985	Saint Josephs Parkersburg Federal Credit Union	WV	West Virginia Central Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	PGL & Ogl Federal Credit Union	CA	Allied Trades Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Wellington Colorado Industrial Bank	CO	Fort Collins Colorado Industrial Bank
Dec 31, 1985	Northern Michigan Bank of Kingsford	MI	Northern Michigan Bank & Trust
Dec 31, 1985	The Citizens and Southern Bank of Thomaston	GA	NationsBank, National Association (South)
Dec 31, 1985	Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Sioux City	IA	Vantus Bank
Dec 31, 1985	Volco Employees Federal Credit Union	NJ	Advanced Financial Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Northern Michigan Bank of Marquette	MI	Northern Michigan Bank & Trust
Dec 31, 1985	Burton Auto Empl Cu	TX	Security First Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Bank of Boston Trust Company of Arizona	AZ	Chase Trust Company of Arizona
Dec 31, 1985	B. H. V. Federal Credit Union	NY	Reliant Community Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Georgia State Bank	GA	First Union Bank of Augusta
Dec 31, 1985	Bagdad Copper Credit Union	AZ	Oneaz Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Western Community Bank, National Association	WA	Western Community Bank
Dec 31, 1985	City Bank & Trust Company of Lincoln	NE	Havelock Bank
Dec 31, 1985	John Roberts Federal Credit Union	ME	Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Scituate Town Employees Federal Credit Union	MA	Hingham Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Hoboken Postal Employees Credit Union	NJ	Liberty Savings Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	The Citizens and Southern Bank of Dublin	GA	NationsBank, National Association (South)
Dec 31, 1985	Gwinnett Bank & Trust Company	GA	First Georgia Bank
Dec 31, 1985	C & L Employees Federal Credit Union	CA	South Western Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	The Citizens and Southern Bank of West Georgia	GA	NationsBank, National Association (South)
Dec 31, 1985	St. Peter's Medical Center Emps Federal Credit Union	NJ	Members Connect Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Manufacturers Hanover, National Association	NY	Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company
Dec 31, 1985	Hancon Federal Credit Union	NJ	County Excellence Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	The Citizens and Southern Newnan Bank	GA	NationsBank, National Association (South)
Dec 31, 1985	Western Ohio National Bank & Trust Company	OH	Heritage National Bank and Trust Company
Dec 31, 1985	Bank of Mount Hope	WV	Bank of Mount Hope, Inc.
Dec 31, 1985	NFP Martinsburg Federal Credit Union	WV	167th TFR Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	Gateway Knox Federal Credit Union	PA	Top Tier Federal Credit Union
Dec 31, 1985	The Citizens and Southern Bank of Albany	GA	NationsBank, National Association (South)
Dec 31, 1985	Frankfort Bancorporation, Inc.	IL	Banterra Corp
Dec 31, 1985	Crown Bancshares, Inc.	MO	Midamerican Corporation
Dec 31, 1985	GNB Corporation	PA	Pennbancorp
Dec 31, 1985	American Bancorp, Inc.	KY	Fifth Third Bancorp
Dec 31, 1985	Central Florida Bank Corporation	FL	First Union Corporation of Florida
Dec 31, 1985	Metter Financial Services, Inc.	GA	First Banking Company of Southeast Georgia
Dec 31, 1985	Shelby Bancshares, Inc.	AL	Regions Financial Corporation
Dec 31, 1985	Lancaster Bancshares, Inc.	WI	M&I Interim Corporation
Dec 30, 1985	Bayonne Texaco Employees Federal Credit Union	NJ	Liberty Savings Federal Credit Union
Dec 30, 1985	Bank of Central Pennsylvania	PA	Commonwealth Bank
Dec 30, 1985	Educators Investment Company of Kansas, Inc.	KS	Fourth Financial Corporation
Dec 30, 1985	Financial and Property Management, Inc.	KS	Fourth Financial Corporation
Dec 29, 1985	Nordson Corporation Credit Union	OH	Community Star Credit Union, Inc.
Dec 28, 1985	Sacramento Valley Bank, National Association	CA	Sacramento First National Bank
Dec 28, 1985	Family Credit Union	ME	Infinity Federal Credit Union
Dec 28, 1985	(unnamed)	—	First National Bank in Palm Beach
Dec 28, 1985	Virginia Southern Bank	VA	NationsBank, National Association
Dec 27, 1985	C C C 460 Federal Credit Union	IN	Allegius Federal Credit Union
Dec 27, 1985	Gaylord Investments, Inc.	KS	Osborne Investments, Inc.

Serial acquirers active in 1985: Regions Bank (8 in 1985, 110 on record) · NationsBank, National Association (South) (6 in 1985, 49 on record) · AmSouth Bank (5 in 1985, 36 on record) · Fleet National Bank (3 in 1985, 32 on record) · NationsBank of Florida, National Association (2 in 1985, 48 on record) · Wachovia Bank, N.A. (1 in 1985, 63 on record) · First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (1 in 1985, 61 on record) · First Union National Bank of Florida (1 in 1985, 53 on record) · NationsBank, National Association (1 in 1985, 49 on record) · M&I Marshall and Ilsley Bank (1 in 1985, 48 on record)

The list holds 500 of the 1,032 mergers recorded for 1985.

Enforcement Actions in 1985

Action date	Agency	Institution	Action
Dec 9, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Other Action: Redacted
Dec 9, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Cease and Desist / Consent Orders: Redacted
Sep 23, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Assessment of Civil Money Penalty: Redacted
Sep 16, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Cease and Desist / Consent Orders: Redacted
Aug 19, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Removal/Prohibition Order: Redacted
Aug 19, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Cease and Desist / Consent Orders;Removal/Prohibition Order: Redacted
Jul 9, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Cease and Desist / Consent Orders;Involuntary Termination of Deposit Insurance: Redacted
May 28, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Cease and Desist / Consent Orders: Redacted
May 6, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Cease and Desist / Consent Orders: Redacted
May 6, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Temporary Order to Cease and Desist: Redacted
Apr 30, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Temporary Suspension/Prohibition Order for Indict: Redacted
Apr 30, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Temporary Suspension/Prohibition Order for Indict: Redacted
Jan 25, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Removal/Prohibition Order: Redacted
Jan 14, 1985	FDIC	An individual	Removal/Prohibition Order: Redacted

FDIC Open-Bank Assistance in 1985

Date	Institution	HQ	Assets
Dec 31, 1985	Home Savings Bank	White Plains, NY	$413.9M
Dec 31, 1985	Sun FS&LA	Talahassee, FL	$367.5M
Dec 20, 1985	State S&LA of Lubbock	Lubbock, TX	$841.6M
Dec 20, 1985	Brownfield S&LA	Brownfield, TX	$64.7M
Dec 2, 1985	Home FS&LA	Sioux City, IA	$115.3M
Dec 2, 1985	Home FS&LA	Paducah, KY	$106.7M
Dec 2, 1985	Midland FS&LA	Moorhead, MN	$38.0M
Dec 1, 1985	Citizens FS&LA	Seattle, WA	$461.4M
Nov 25, 1985	Hi-Plains S&LA	Hereford, TX	$114.6M
Nov 1, 1985	Lewis FS&LA	Chehalis, WA	$51.9M
Oct 28, 1985	Security Trust S&LA	Oakridge, TN	$28.8M
Oct 4, 1985	Sun S&LA	Portland, ME	$231.9M
Oct 1, 1985	Bowery Savings Bank	New York, NY	$5.28B
Oct 1, 1985	Security FS&LA	Alberquerque, NM	$169.1M
Oct 1, 1985	Baton Rouge S&LA	Baton Rouge, LA	$116.0M
Sep 27, 1985	Family FS&LA	Springfield, VA	$57.1M
Sep 27, 1985	Golden Pacific S&LA	Windsor, CA	$45.6M
Sep 20, 1985	Glen Ellyn S&LA	Glen Ellyn, IL	$122.1M
Sep 6, 1985	Heights Savings Association	Houston, TX	$436.5M
Sep 3, 1985	Citizens FS&LA	Matteson, IL	$133.8M
Aug 16, 1985	The Commercial Bank	Andalusia, AL	$77.8M
Aug 7, 1985	Butterfield S&LA	Santa Ana, CA	$708.3M
Aug 1, 1985	Western Heritage FS&LA	Pendleton, OR	$175.1M
Jul 25, 1985	Bell S&LA	San Mateo, CA	$1.64B
Jul 19, 1985	Flushing FS&LA	Flushing, NY	$527.7M
Jul 1, 1985	Citizens S&LA	Batesville, MS	$18.4M
Jun 26, 1985	Century Sa	Shawnee MSN, KS	$91.8M
Jun 21, 1985	Eureka FS&LA	San Carlos, CA	$1.57B
Jun 6, 1985	Southern California S&LA	Beverly Hills, CA	$1.49B
May 31, 1985	Central S&LA	San Diego, CA	$2.31B
May 31, 1985	Bank of Oregon	Woodburn, OR	$117.1M
May 28, 1985	First FS&LA of Freeport	Freeport, IL	$63.3M
May 22, 1985	Home FS&LA	Marion, OH	$201.9M
May 10, 1985	First Financial Bank, FSB	New Orleans, LA	$739.4M
May 2, 1985	Capital City FS&LA	Washington, DC	$361.2M
May 2, 1985	Northern Virginia S&LA	Arlington, VA	$237.2M
May 2, 1985	First Federal of Titusville	Titusville, FL	$162.7M
May 1, 1985	Brighton FS&LA	Brighton, CO	$91.4M
Apr 23, 1985	Beverly Hills S&LA	Beverly Hills, CA	$2.92B
Jan 1, 1985	Fidelity S&L	Martins Ferry, OH	$72.5M
Jan 1, 1985	Peoples S&LA	Honolulu, HI	$15.0M