Data / Bank failures / 1940 / Bankers Trust Company
Bankers Trust Company, Atlantic City, NJ: failed February 1, 1940
Bankers Trust Company in Atlantic City, New Jersey, failed on February 1, 1940. It held $2.1 million in assets and $986,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the largest of 43 banks closed or assisted in 1940.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- February 1, 1940
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $2,131,000
- Total deposits
- $986,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in New Jersey, 1938 to 1942
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Haddonfield National Bank | Haddonfield | February 28, 1942 | $2.7 million | |||
| The Westfield Trust Company | Westfield | June 22, 1940 | $4.7 million | |||
| First State Bank of Scotch Plains | Scotch Plains | June 22, 1940 | $612,000 | |||
| The Swedesboro National Bank | Swedesboro | March 16, 1940 | $680,000 | |||
| Woodcliff Trust Company | North Bergen | February 3, 1940 | $1.5 million | |||
| The Tuckerton Bank | Tuckerton | December 27, 1939 | $735,000 | $624,000 | ||
| The Egg Harbor Commercial Bank | Egg Harbor City | October 7, 1939 | $865,000 | |||
| Kearny National Bank | Kearny | June 30, 1939 | $3.1 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.