Data / Bank failures / 1938 / Farmers Savings Bank
Farmers Savings Bank, Ankeny, IA: failed May 19, 1938
Farmers Savings Bank in Ankeny, Iowa, failed on May 19, 1938. It held $186,000 in assets and $163,000 in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 18th largest of 74 banks closed or assisted in 1938.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- May 19, 1938
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $186,000
- Total deposits
- $163,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Iowa, 1936 to 1940
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT. Union State Bank | MT. Union | August 24, 1940 | $179,000 | |||
| Russell State Bank & Trust Company | Russell | June 17, 1938 | $217,000 | $185,000 | ||
| Home Savings Bank | Des Moines | March 5, 1938 | $1.2 million | |||
| The First National Bank in Burlington | Burlington | October 20, 1937 | $3.6 million | |||
| Leland Cooperative Bank | Leland | March 31, 1936 | $150,000 | $155,000 |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-24. 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.