Data / Bank failures / 1937 / Bank of Swifton
Bank of Swifton, Swifton, AR: failed November 19, 1937
Bank of Swifton in Swifton, Arkansas, failed on November 19, 1937. It held $208,000 in assets and $157,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 24th largest of 75 banks closed or assisted in 1937.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- November 19, 1937
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $208,000
- Total deposits
- $157,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Arkansas, 1935 to 1939
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchants & Farmers Bank | Atkins | March 23, 1939 | $223,000 | $192,000 | ||
| Citizens State Bank | Hartford | March 2, 1938 | $118,000 | $94,000 | ||
| Bank of Marion | Marion | February 7, 1938 | $639,000 | $554,000 | ||
| Bank of Decatur | Decatur | January 19, 1938 | $97,000 | $84,000 |
All bank failures in 1937 · All bank failures in Arkansas · The full failed bank list
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.