List of largest U.S. bank failures

This is a list of the largest U.S. bank failures with respect to total assets under management at the time of the bank failure (banks with $1.0 billion or more in assets are listed here). Assets of the banks listed here are figures provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Table

Bank	City	State	Date	Assets at time of failure
Washington Mutual	Seattle	Washington	2008	$307 billion
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust	Chicago	Illinois	1984	$40.0 billion
City Federal Savings and Loan	Elizabeth	New Jersey	1989	$39.8 billion
First Republic Bank	Dallas	Texas	1988	$32.5 billion
IndyMac	Pasadena	California	2008	$32 billion
American Savings and Loan	Stockton	California	1988	$30.2 billion
Colonial Bank	Montgomery	Alabama	2009	$25 billion
Bank of New England	Boston	Massachusetts	1991	$21.7 billion
MCorp	Dallas	Texas	1989	$18.5 billion
FBOP Corp banking subsidiaries	Oak Park	Illinois	2009	$18.4 billion
Gibraltar Savings and Loan	Simi Valley	California	1989	$15.1 billion
First City National Bank	Houston	Texas	1988	$13.0 billion
Guaranty Bank	Austin	Texas	2009	$13.0 billion
Downey Savings and Loan	Newport Beach	California	2008	$12.8 billion
BankUnited FSB	Coral Gables	Florida	2009	$12.8 billion
HomeFed Bank	San Diego	California	1992	$12.2 billion
AmTrust Bank	Cleveland	Ohio	2009	$12.0 billion
WesternBank	Mayaguez	Puerto Rico	2010	$11.9 billion
United Commercial Bank	San Francisco	California	2009	$11.2 billion
Southeast Bank	Miami	Florida	1991	$11.0 billion
Goldome	Buffalo	New York	1991	$9.9 billion
Imperial Federal Savings Assoc.	San Diego	California	1990	$9.6 billion
CenTrust Bank	Miami	Florida	1990	$8.2 billion
California National Bank	Los Angeles	California	2009	$7.8 billion
Corus Bank	Chicago	Illinois	2009	$7.0 billion
First Federal Bank of California	Santa Monica	California	2009	$6.1 billion
Doral Bank	San Juan	Puerto Rico	2015	$5.9 billion
R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico	Hato Rey	Puerto Rico	2010	$5.9 billion
Columbia Savings & Loan Assn.	Beverly Hills	California	1991	$5.4 billion
Franklin Bank	Houston	Texas	2008	$5.1 billion
Silverton Bank	Atlanta	Georgia	2009	$4.1 billion
Imperial Capital Bank	La Jolla	California	2009	$4.0 billion
PFF Bank & Trust	Pomona	California	2008	$3.7 billion
Franklin National Bank	New York	New York	1974	$3.7 billion
La Jolla Bank	La Jolla	California	2010	$3.6 billion
Frontier Bank	Everett	Washington	2010	$3.5 billion
Amcore Bank	Rockford	Illinois	2010	$3.4 billion
First National Bank of Nevada	Reno	Nevada	2008	$3.4 billion
Riverside National Bank of Florida	Fort Pierce	Florida	2010	$3.4 billion
Midwest Bank and Trust Company	Elmwood Park	Illinois	2010	$3.2 billion
First National Bank, also operating as The National Bank of El Paso	Edinburg	Texas	2013	$3.1 billion
Superior Bank	Birmingham	Alabama	2011	$3.0 billion
TierOne Bank	Lincoln	Nebraska	2010	$2.8 billion
Irwin Union Bank and Trust Colorado.	Columbus	Indiana	2009	$2.7 billion
Orion Bank	Naples	Florida	2009	$2.7 billion
EuroBank	San Juan	Puerto Rico	2010	$2.6 billion
First Community Bank	Taos	New Mexico	2011	$2.3 billion
Integra Bank, NA	Evansville	Indiana	2011	$2.2 billion
ANB Financial	Bentonville	Arkansas	2008	$2.1 billion
First Regional Bank	Los Angeles	California	2010	$2.1 billion
ShoreBank	Chicago	Illinois	2010	$2.1 billion
Silver State Bank	Henserson	Nevada	2008	$2.0 billion
New Frontier Bank	Greeley	Colorado	2009	$2.0 billion
Georgian Bank	Atlanta	Georgia	2009	$2.0 billion
Vineyard Bank	Rancho Cucamonga	California	2009	$1.9 billion
Peoples First Community Bank	Panama City	Florida	2009	$1.8 billion
County Bank	Merced	California	2009	$1.7 billion
Hillcrest Bank	Overland Park	Kansas	2010	$1.6 billion
Advanta Bank Corp.	Draper	Utah	2010	$1.6 billion
CF Bancorp	Port Huron	Michigan	2010	$1.6 billion
Mutual Bank	Harvey	Illinois	2009	$1.6 billion
Community Bank of Nevada	Las Vegas	Nevada	2009	$1.5 billion
First Bank of Beverly Hills	Calabasas	California	2009	$1.5 billion
Temecula Valley Bank	Temecula	California	2009	$1.5 billion
New South Federal Savings Bank	Irondale	Alabama	2009	$1.5 billion
Community Banks of Colorado	Greenwood	Colorado	2011	$1.4 billion
Horizon Bank	Bellingham	Washington	2010	$1.3 billion
United States National Bank	San Diego	California	1973	$1.3 billion
Premier Bank	Jefferson City, Missouri	Missouri	2010	$1.2 billion
Broadway Bank	Chicago	Illinois	2010	$1.2 billion
Security Bank of Bibb County	Macon	Georgia	2009	$1.2 billion
Charter Bank	Santa Fe	New Mexico	2010	$1.2 billion
Alliance Bank	Culver City	California	2009	$1.1 billion
City Bank	Lynnwood, Washington	Washington	2010	$1.1 billion
Columbia River Bank	The Dalles	Oregon	2010	$1.1 billion
Community Bank and Trust	Cornelia	Georgia	2010	$1.1 billion
Integrity Bank	Alpharetta	Georgia	2008	$1.1 billion
Affinity Bank	Ventura	California	2009	$1.0 billion
Appalachian Community Bank	Ellijay	Georgia	2010	$1.0 billion

See also

• Financial crisis of 2007–08
• List of banks acquired or bankrupted in the United States during the 2007–2012 global financial crisis
• List of bank failures in the United States (2008–present)
• Savings and loan crisis (which resulted in many bank failures)
• Too big to fail

External links

• Top 10 provided by Getlisty.com, which used the FDIC as its primary source; dated September 29, 2008.
• BusinessPundit.com lists the top 25 largest bank failures, but it includes non-U.S. banks; it is dated May 7, 2009.
• ABC News reported the largest U.S. bank failure of 2009, so far--as of September 2009
• A list from U.S. News and World Report, dated July 15, 2008.
• Wall Street Journal list of failed U.S. banks, with FDIC asset data, sortable, last update September 25, 2009
• The 120th bank to fail in the U.S., so far in 2009, had assets of $11.2 billion.
• Another bank failure with assets exceeding 1 billion.
• Two more large bank failures late in December 2009
• Two more large bank failures January 2010
• Another big bank failure January 2010
• Regulators shut 6 banks
• FDIC Failed Bank Search site
• FDIC list, failed US banks since Oct 2000
• Regulators shut more banks; 84 failures so far in 2011