Data / Bank failures / 1998 / Q Bank
Q Bank, Fort Benton, MT: failed August 7, 1998
Q Bank in Fort Benton, Montana, failed on August 7, 1998. Heritage State Bank of Fort Benton, MT, took over its deposits. It held $15 million in assets and $13.9 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $1.6 million (10.6% of its assets). By assets it was the 3rd largest of 3 banks closed or assisted in 1998.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- August 7, 1998
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption of the insured deposits only
- Acquirer
- Heritage State Bank, Fort Benton, MT
- Total assets
- $14,977,000
- Total deposits
- $13,888,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $1,589,702 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State member bank (Federal Reserve)
- Insurance fund
- BIF
- FDIC certificate
- 2174
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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.