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The First National Bank of Susquehanna, Susquehanna, PA: failed May 27, 1944
The First National Bank of Susquehanna in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, failed on May 27, 1944. It held $1.7 million in assets and $1.5 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the largest of 2 banks closed or assisted in 1944.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- May 27, 1944
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total assets
- $1,651,000
- Total deposits
- $1,459,000
- Charter
- National bank (supervised by the OCC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Pennsylvania, 1942 to 1946
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First National BK & TR Co. of Easton | Easton | December 10, 1943 | $5.2 million | $4.2 million | ||
| Guarantee TR & Safe Dep. Co.-Mt.carmel | MT. Carmel | November 28, 1942 | $1.1 million | |||
| The Farmers National Bank of Selinsgrove | Selinsgrove | October 17, 1942 | $719,000 | |||
| Merchants Banking Trust Company | Mahanoy | September 12, 1942 | $859,000 | |||
| Citizens Nat BK & TR Co. of Lehighton | Lehighton | August 1, 1942 | $1.1 million | |||
| The First National Bank of Lehighton | Lehighton | August 1, 1942 | $1.8 million | |||
| The First Nat BK & TR Co. of Dallastown | Dallastown | June 20, 1942 | $1.4 million | |||
| The Emmaus National Bank | Emmaus | April 25, 1942 | $1.4 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.