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Bank failure · CA

Merchants & Farmers State Bank (Blythe, CA) — failed February 18, 1983

Merchants & Farmers State Bank of Blythe, California was closed on February 18, 1983 and resolved through a purchase and assumption. Credit Bank (CA) took over its insured deposits. At failure it held $5.9M in assets and $5.7M in deposits. The FDIC's estimated loss on the failure is $972K (16.5% of assets).

Closing date
February 18, 1983
FDIC certificate #
23035
Resolution
Purchase and assumption (failure)
Acquiring institution
Credit Bank
Insurance fund
FDIC

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