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The National Republic Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL: failed October 24, 2014

The National Republic Bank of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, failed on October 24, 2014. State Bank of Texas of Dallas, TX, took over its deposits. It held $843.1 million in assets and $809.6 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $54.4 million (6.5% of its assets). By assets it was the largest of 18 banks closed or assisted in 2014.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
October 24, 2014
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Acquirer
State Bank of Texas, Dallas, TX
Total assets
$843,118,000
Total deposits
$809,638,000
Estimated cost to the FDIC
$54,424,057 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
Charter
National bank (supervised by the OCC)
Insurance fund
DIF
FDIC certificate
916

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Illinois, 2012 to 2016

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Edgebrook BankChicagoMay 8, 2015$90 million$90 million$20.6 millionRepublic Bank of Chicago
Highland Community BankChicagoJanuary 23, 2015$54.7 million$53.5 million$4.7 millionUnited Fidelity Bank, FSB
Greenchoice Bank, FSBChicagoJuly 25, 2014$70.3 million$68.7 million$18.4 millionProvidence Bank, LLC
Valley BankMolineJune 20, 2014$456.4 million$360 million$47.8 millionGreat Southern Bank
Aztecamerica BankBerwynMay 16, 2014$66.3 million$65 million$21.7 millionRepublic Bank of Chicago
Dupage National BankWest ChicagoJanuary 17, 2014$53.5 million$51.9 million$1.5 millionRepublic Bank of Chicago
Covenant BankChicagoFebruary 15, 2013$58.4 million$54.2 million$19.6 millionLiberty Bank and Trust Company
Citizens First National BankPrincetonNovember 2, 2012$924 million$869.4 million$32.5 millionHeartland Bank and Trust Company

Other failed banks State Bank of Texas took over

BankCityStateClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Seaway Bank and Trust CompanyChicagoILJanuary 27, 2017$297.8 million$256.5 million$43.7 millionState Bank of Texas
Millennium State Bank of TexasDallasTXJuly 2, 2009$118.6 million$115.5 million$52.7 millionState Bank of Texas
First National Bank of GarlandGarlandTXMarch 29, 1990$9.4 million$10.1 million$2.3 millionState Bank of Texas

All bank failures in 2014 · All bank failures in Illinois · Every failed bank State Bank of Texas took over · 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.