Data / Bank failures / 1981 / Franklin Sa
Franklin Sa, Chicago, IL: received FDIC assistance February 9, 1981
Franklin Sa in Chicago, Illinois, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on February 9, 1981. It held $97.6 million in assets and $71.9 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $1.6 million (1.6% of its assets). By assets it was the 20th largest of 40 banks closed or assisted in 1981.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- February 9, 1981
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Avondale FSB, Chicago, IL
- Total assets
- $97,565,765
- Total deposits
- $71,947,618
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $1,564,000 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 31010
Other bank failures in Illinois, 1979 to 1983
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank | Atkinson | November 25, 1983 | $21.1 million | $18.5 million | $9.5 million | |
| The First Nat BK of Danvers | Danvers | August 5, 1983 | $12.5 million | $11.7 million | $3.2 million | First State Bank of Danv |
| Antioch S&LA | Antioch | July 8, 1983 | $57.9 million | $52.2 million | $3.2 million | |
| Union Nat BK of Chicago | Chicago | July 8, 1983 | $26.3 million | $24.4 million | $4.4 million | |
| First Nat BK of Oak Lawn | Oak Lawn | April 29, 1983 | $130.3 million | $123.3 million | $21.4 million | Oak Lawn National Bank |
| The Ina State Bank | Ina | April 8, 1983 | $17.7 million | $16.6 million | $2.8 million | First B&T Co MT Vernon |
| American State Bank | Bradley | February 12, 1983 | $14.1 million | $13.8 million | $1.2 million | Midwest T&SB of Bradley |
| Manning S&LA | Chicago | February 3, 1983 | $78.7 million | $60.7 million | $19.8 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.