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Bank of America Trust Co., Pittsburgh, PA: failed April 19, 1934

Bank of America Trust Co. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, failed on April 19, 1934. It held $1.4 million in assets and $1.1 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the largest of 9 banks closed or assisted in 1934.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
April 19, 1934
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
Total assets
$1,435,000
Total deposits
$1,064,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Pennsylvania, 1932 to 1936

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
E. P. Wilbur Trust CompanyBethlehemNovember 16, 1935$4.4 million
The Commercial National Bank of BradfordBradfordSeptember 28, 1935$5.2 million$4.6 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.