Data / Bank failures / 1943 / First National BK & TR Co. of Easton
First National BK & TR Co. of Easton, Easton, PA: failed December 10, 1943
First National BK & TR Co. of Easton in Easton, Pennsylvania, failed on December 10, 1943. It held $5.2 million in assets and $4.2 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 2nd largest of 5 banks closed or assisted in 1943.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- December 10, 1943
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $5,169,000
- Total deposits
- $4,171,000
- Charter
- National bank (supervised by the OCC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Pennsylvania, 1941 to 1945
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First National Bank of Susquehanna | Susquehanna | May 27, 1944 | $1.7 million | $1.5 million | ||
| Guarantee TR & Safe Dep. Co.-Mt.carmel | MT. Carmel | November 28, 1942 | $1.1 million | |||
| The Farmers National Bank of Selinsgrove | Selinsgrove | October 17, 1942 | $719,000 | |||
| Merchants Banking Trust Company | Mahanoy | September 12, 1942 | $859,000 | |||
| Citizens Nat BK & TR Co. of Lehighton | Lehighton | August 1, 1942 | $1.1 million | |||
| The First National Bank of Lehighton | Lehighton | August 1, 1942 | $1.8 million | |||
| The First Nat BK & TR Co. of Dallastown | Dallastown | June 20, 1942 | $1.4 million | |||
| The Emmaus National Bank | Emmaus | April 25, 1942 | $1.4 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.