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American City Bank, Los Angles, CA: failed February 25, 1983

American City Bank in Los Angles, California, failed on February 25, 1983. Central Bank of San Francisco, CA, took over its deposits. It held $319.4 million in assets and $293.9 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $25.3 million (7.9% of its assets). By assets it was the 10th largest of 99 banks closed or assisted in 1983.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
February 25, 1983
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Acquirer
Central Bank, San Francisco, CA
Total assets
$319,354,000
Total deposits
$293,937,000
Estimated cost to the FDIC
$25,334,330 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC
FDIC certificate
19020

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in California, 1981 to 1985

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
First City BankGlendaleDecember 20, 1985$35.8 million$28.8 million$5.9 millionSterling Bank
California Heritage BankSan DiegoNovember 22, 1985$24.1 million$22.4 million$3.2 millionGrossmont Bank
Farmers Savings BankDavisOctober 18, 1985$590.3 million$526.4 million$137.8 million
Golden Pacific S&LA (assistance)WindsorSeptember 27, 1985$45.6 million$46.2 million$6.1 millionEmpire of America-Californi
Presidio S&LAPortervilleAugust 28, 1985$284.5 million$244.9 million$96.6 millionGibralter Savings
Centennial S&LAGuernevilleAugust 20, 1985$368.2 million$367.8 million$148.9 millionCitizens FS&LA
Butterfield S&LA (assistance)Santa AnaAugust 7, 1985$708.3 million$768.3 million$371.3 millionDowney S&LA
Bell S&LA (assistance)San MateoJuly 25, 1985$1.64 billion$1.31 billion$829.7 millionWestern FS&LA

Other failed banks Central Bank took over

BankCityStateClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
The RiverbankWyomingMNOctober 7, 2011$419.7 million$384.1 million$71.2 millionCentral Bank
Rosemount National BankRosemountMNApril 15, 2011$21.5 million$21 million$5.4 millionCentral Bank
Commerce Bank of Southwest FloridaFort MyersFLNovember 20, 2009$71 million$72.8 million$32.2 millionCentral Bank
Riverview Community BankOstegoMNOctober 23, 2009$99.1 million$75 million$23.5 millionCentral Bank
Jennings State BankSpring GroveMNOctober 2, 2009$52.3 million$50.8 million$18.9 millionCentral Bank
Mainstreet BankForest LakeMNAugust 28, 2009$458.5 million$432.8 million$89.9 millionCentral Bank
National Industrial Bank of ConnecticutMeridenCTNovember 9, 1989$46.5 million$48.3 million$5.3 millionCentral Bank
Delta Pacific BankPittsburgCAOctober 30, 1987$17.7 million$17 million$1.3 millionCentral Bank

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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.