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Public Bank, Detroit, MI: failed October 12, 1966

Public Bank in Detroit, Michigan, failed on October 12, 1966. It held $110.1 million in assets and $93 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the largest of 7 banks closed or assisted in 1966.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
October 12, 1966
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Total assets
$110,077,000
Total deposits
$92,960,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Michigan, 1964 to 1968

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
The State Savings Bank of Minden CityMinden CityMarch 17, 1964$1.3 million$1.2 million

All bank failures in 1966 · All bank failures in Michigan · The full failed bank list

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.