List of largest bank failures in the United States

Since the 1970s, over 90 banks in the United States with US$1 billion or more in assets have failed. The list below is based on assets at the time of failure of banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.[1][2][3]

See also

References

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  2. Status of Washington Mutual Bank Receivership FDIC, retrieved March 14, 2023^
  3. https://archive.fdic.gov/view/fdic/1489^
  4. Elinor Comlay, Jonathan Stempel. WaMu is largest U.S. bank failure Reuters, September 25, 2009^
  5. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Columbus, Ohio Assumes All the Deposits of First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California FDIC, retrieved 1 May 2023^
  6. Khristopher J. Brooks, Brian Dakss. Troubled First Republic Bank seized and sold to JPMorgan Chase CBS MoneyWatch, May 1, 2023^
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  8. Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC The Federal Reserve Board, March 2023^
  9. Renee Haltom. Failure of Continental Illinois Federal Reserve History, May 1984^
  10. Ending "Too Big to Fail" Federal Reserve, March 4, 2013^
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  12. Colonial Bank dissolved, marking 2009's biggest bank failure France 24, August 15, 2009^
  13. Alain Sherter. Corus Seized in Fourth-Largest Bank Failure This Year CBS MoneyWatch, September 12, 2009^
  14. Robert Wright. Dubious Loans Led To Bank's Collapse The New York Times, 22 October 1973, retrieved April 8, 2023^
  15. Aaron Kuriloff. Doral Bank Fails After Years of Tumult Wall Street Journal, 28 Feb 2015, retrieved April 8, 2023^
  16. Patrick Danner. Edinburg bank is closed by the feds and sold My San Antonio, 13 September 2013, retrieved April 8, 2023^
  17. Jeff Amy. Superior and Nexity banks seized by regulators Al.com, 16 April 2011, retrieved April 8, 2023^
  18. David Barr. Great Western Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Assumes All of the Deposits of TierOne Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 2010-06-04^