Data / Bank failures / 2012 / First United Bank
First United Bank, Crete, IL: failed September 28, 2012
First United Bank in Crete, Illinois, failed on September 28, 2012. Old Plank Trail Community Bank, National Association of New Lenox, IL, took over its deposits. It held $328.4 million in assets and $316.9 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $33.8 million (10.3% of its assets). By assets it was the 11th largest of 51 banks closed or assisted in 2012.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- September 28, 2012
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Old Plank Trail Community Bank, National Association, New Lenox, IL
- Total assets
- $328,422,000
- Total deposits
- $316,877,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $33,841,059 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- DIF
- FDIC certificate
- 20685
Other bank failures in Illinois, 2010 to 2014
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The National Republic Bank of Chicago | Chicago | October 24, 2014 | $843.1 million | $809.6 million | $54.4 million | State Bank of Texas |
| Greenchoice Bank, FSB | Chicago | July 25, 2014 | $70.3 million | $68.7 million | $18.4 million | Providence Bank, LLC |
| Valley Bank | Moline | June 20, 2014 | $456.4 million | $360 million | $47.8 million | Great Southern Bank |
| Aztecamerica Bank | Berwyn | May 16, 2014 | $66.3 million | $65 million | $21.7 million | Republic Bank of Chicago |
| Dupage National Bank | West Chicago | January 17, 2014 | $53.5 million | $51.9 million | $1.5 million | Republic Bank of Chicago |
| Covenant Bank | Chicago | February 15, 2013 | $58.4 million | $54.2 million | $19.6 million | Liberty Bank and Trust Company |
| Citizens First National Bank | Princeton | November 2, 2012 | $924 million | $869.4 million | $32.5 million | Heartland Bank and Trust Company |
| Waukegan Savings Bank | Waukegan | August 3, 2012 | $83.7 million | $73 million | $23.5 million | First Midwest Bank |
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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.