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The Hamilton Bank and Trust Company, Atlanta, GA: failed October 8, 1976
The Hamilton Bank and Trust Company in Atlanta, Georgia, failed on October 8, 1976. It held $40.1 million in assets and $32 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 5th largest of 17 banks closed or assisted in 1976.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- October 8, 1976
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total assets
- $40,075,000
- Total deposits
- $32,022,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 10070
Other bank failures in Georgia, 1974 to 1978
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Augusta Bank & Trust Company | Augusta | May 20, 1977 | $24.2 million | $20 million |
All bank failures in 1976 · All bank failures in Georgia · The full failed bank list
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.