Data / Bank failures / 1986 / American Bank of Casper
American Bank of Casper, Casper, WY: failed January 17, 1986
American Bank of Casper in Casper, Wyoming, failed on January 17, 1986. Hilltop National Bank of Casper, WY, took over its deposits. It held $20.5 million in assets and $18.9 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $7.1 million (34.5% of its assets). By assets it was the 134th largest of 204 banks closed or assisted in 1986.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- January 17, 1986
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Insured deposit transfer: the insured deposits moved to another bank
- Acquirer
- Hilltop National Bank, Casper, WY
- Total assets
- $20,489,000
- Total deposits
- $18,905,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $7,066,344 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 22670
Other bank failures in Wyoming, 1984 to 1988
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United SB of Wyoming (assistance) | Cheynne | December 16, 1988 | $220.5 million | $275.5 million | $120.6 million | Rocky Mountain FS&LA |
| Rocky Mountain FS&LA (assistance) | Cheynne | December 16, 1988 | $307.2 million | $268.1 million | $102.6 million | Rocky Mountain FSB |
| Bank of Casper | Casper | January 22, 1988 | $6.1 million | $5.8 million | $1.1 million | First Wyoming Bank Caspe |
| First State Bank at Shoshoni | Shoshoni | December 18, 1987 | $4.6 million | $4.1 million | $1.1 million | First STB of Thermopolis |
| American National Bank of Afton | Afton | October 15, 1987 | $11.4 million | $11.2 million | $2.2 million | Star Valley State Bank |
| Stockmen's Bank & Trust Company | Gillette | September 18, 1987 | $117.4 million | $111.9 million | $41.1 million | First Interstate BK Gill |
| American National Bank of Evanston | Evanston | August 20, 1987 | $9.1 million | $8.9 million | $4 million | Pioneer Bank of Evanston |
| Guaranty Federal Bank FSB | Casper | December 12, 1986 | $63.8 million | $73.5 million | $18.9 million |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.