Data / Bank failures / Arkansas
Bank failures in Arkansas: 43 banks since 1937
43 banks in Arkansas failed between 1937 and 2016, holding $8.66 billion in assets and $7.92 billion in deposits. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $5.06 billion. The FDIC also assisted 2 open banks without closing them. The largest: Anb Financial National Association ($1.90 billion), Firstsouth FS&LA ($1.68 billion), First Federal of Arkansas ($1.58 billion). By decade: 1930s 5, 1950s 1, 1960s 1, 1970s 1, 1980s 24, 1990s 9, 2000s 2, 2010s 2.
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| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Bank | Mulberry | September 23, 2016 | $66.3 million | $64.7 million | $6.2 million | Today's Bank |
| First Southern Bank | Batesville | December 17, 2010 | $191.8 million | $155.8 million | $24.8 million | Southern Bank |
| Anb Financial National Association | Bentonville | May 9, 2008 | $1.90 billion | $1.82 billion | $1.03 billion | Pulaski Bank and Trust Co |
| Sinclair National Bank | Gravette | September 7, 2001 | $29.8 million | $26.1 million | $4.2 million | Delta Trust & Bank |
| First Exchange Bank of Little Rock | Little Rock | September 24, 1992 | $24.7 million | $24.4 million | $1.9 million | First Commercial Bank NA |
| Northwest National Bank | Fayetteville | August 16, 1991 | $29.4 million | $30.2 million | $936,463 | Citizens Bank of Northwest |
| United FS & La | Jonesboro | June 28, 1991 | $142.5 million | $136.7 million | $16.3 million | |
| Arkansas FSB | Little Rock | December 21, 1990 | $71.7 million | $61.6 million | $15.4 million | |
| Texarkana FS & La | Texarcana | December 7, 1990 | $40.4 million | $43.2 million | $11.2 million | Citizens NB |
| First Sa | Paragould | November 30, 1990 | $64.1 million | $46.7 million | $24.6 million | Peoples Bank |
| First American Federal Savings | Fort Smith | May 25, 1990 | $450.7 million | $444.2 million | $45.2 million | |
| Citizens National Bank of Walnut Ridge | Walnut Ridge | February 2, 1990 | $37.5 million | $34.1 million | $6.3 million | The Lawrence County Bank |
| Grand Prairie FS & La | Stuttgart | January 26, 1990 | $31.5 million | $24.8 million | $14.2 million | |
| Capitol Federal S & L | Little Rock | July 27, 1989 | $89.9 million | $46.7 million | $17.2 million | |
| Home Fed. S & L Assoc. | Mountain Home | March 2, 1989 | $37.2 million | $72.1 million | $56.8 million | |
| Unipoint Fed. Savings Bank | Trumann | March 2, 1989 | $18.9 million | $28.2 million | $18.3 million | Unico Bank, FSB |
| Madison Guaranty S & La | McCrory | March 2, 1989 | $114.7 million | $98.8 million | $61.8 million | |
| Commonwealth S & L Assoc. | Osceola | March 2, 1989 | $37.1 million | $35.7 million | $15.2 million | Southbank, A FSB |
| First State Savings Bank | Mountain Home | March 2, 1989 | $107.6 million | $128.5 million | $52.2 million | Worthen B&TC, NA |
| First Fed. S & L Assoc. | Malvern | March 2, 1989 | $51.1 million | $54 million | $19.5 million | |
| First Fed. S & L Assoc. | Fayetteville | March 2, 1989 | $125.6 million | $112.3 million | $29.1 million | |
| Landmark Savings Bank FSB | Hot Springs | March 2, 1989 | $132.3 million | $153.9 million | $87.7 million | |
| Independence FS & La | Batesville | February 17, 1989 | $207 million | $346.4 million | $303.5 million | Worthen B&TC, NA |
| Savers FS & La | Little Rock | February 10, 1989 | $806 million | $788.9 million | $618.4 million | |
| First Federal of Arkansas | Little Rock | February 10, 1989 | $1.58 billion | $1.20 billion | $792.6 million | |
| Central Arkansas S&LA | Conway | December 9, 1988 | $10.1 million | $12.5 million | $2.2 million | |
| First Federal SB (assistance) | Rogers | September 7, 1988 | $122.9 million | $135.5 million | $21.8 million | First Federal Savings Bank |
| Bank of Imboden (assistance) | Imboden | June 14, 1988 | $16.2 million | $16.4 million | $2.2 million | Bank of Imboden |
| Firstsouth FS&LA | Pine Bluff | December 5, 1986 | $1.68 billion | $1.50 billion | $1.70 billion | Home FS&LA |
| Guaranty S&LA | Harrison | December 6, 1985 | $451.4 million | $316.5 million | $64.1 million | Superior Federal Bank, FSB |
| Bank of Lockesburg | Lockesburg | May 31, 1985 | $25.5 million | $23.5 million | $7.4 million | Bank of Lockesburg |
| Jackson County National Bank | Tuckerman | August 9, 1984 | $13.3 million | $12.9 million | $5.3 million | First State Bank of Newp |
| The Corning Bank | Corning | June 15, 1984 | $32 million | $30.6 million | $13.8 million | Corning Bank |
| Prairie County Bank | Hazen | March 24, 1983 | $13.3 million | $12.1 million | ||
| Bank of Quitman | Quitman | November 12, 1982 | $17.4 million | $16.3 million | $1.4 million | First NB of Cleburne Cou |
| First Security Bank of North Arkansas | Horseshoe | August 27, 1982 | $14.1 million | $12.7 million | $2.6 million | Bank of Melbourne |
| Citizens Bank | Tillar | June 23, 1982 | $6.3 million | $5.6 million | $432,501 | |
| Bank of Chidester | Chidester | July 1, 1975 | $2.4 million | $2.3 million | ||
| Citizens Bank | Pottsville | January 24, 1966 | $832,000 | $774,000 | ||
| Bank of Dierks | Dierks | September 2, 1952 | $520,000 | $583,000 | ||
| Merchants & Farmers Bank | Atkins | March 23, 1939 | $223,000 | $192,000 | ||
| Citizens State Bank | Hartford | March 2, 1938 | $118,000 | $94,000 | ||
| Bank of Marion | Marion | February 7, 1938 | $639,000 | $554,000 | ||
| Bank of Decatur | Decatur | January 19, 1938 | $97,000 | $84,000 | ||
| Bank of Swifton | Swifton | November 19, 1937 | $208,000 | $157,000 |
Other states
- Alabama 39
- Alaska 13
- Arizona 44
- California 265
- Colorado 103
- Connecticut 48
- Delaware 4
- District of Columbia 8
- Florida 199
- Georgia 135
- Guam 1
- Hawaii 6
- Idaho 8
- Illinois 229
- Indiana 52
- Iowa 83
- Kansas 124
- Kentucky 47
- Louisiana 167
- Maine 6
- Maryland 36
- Massachusetts 59
- Michigan 46
- Minnesota 81
- Mississippi 38
- Missouri 136
- Montana 19
- Nebraska 54
- Nevada 17
- New Hampshire 20
- New Jersey 112
- New Mexico 32
- New York 104
- North Carolina 30
- North Dakota 43
- Ohio 61
- Oklahoma 183
- Oregon 38
- Pennsylvania 73
- Puerto Rico 17
- Rhode Island 7
- South Carolina 23
- South Dakota 44
- Tennessee 80
- Texas 911
- U.S. Virgin Islands 1
- Utah 30
- Vermont 5
- Virginia 54
- Washington 38
- West Virginia 19
- Wisconsin 51
- Wyoming 29
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.