Data / Bank failures / 2009 / Vantus Bank
Vantus Bank, Sioux City, IA: failed September 4, 2009
Vantus Bank in Sioux City, Iowa, failed on September 4, 2009. Great Southern Bank of Springfield, MO, took over its deposits. It held $503.6 million in assets and $394.4 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $101.6 million (20.2% of its assets). By assets it was the 54th largest of 148 banks closed or assisted in 2009.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- September 4, 2009
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Great Southern Bank, Springfield, MO
- Total assets
- $503,643,000
- Total deposits
- $394,369,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $101,576,301 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings bank
- Insurance fund
- DIF
- FDIC certificate
- 27732
Other bank failures in Iowa, 2007 to 2011
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County Bank | Johnston | November 18, 2011 | $91.6 million | $82 million | $16.1 million | Grinnell State Bank |
Other failed banks Great Southern Bank took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Bank | Moline | IL | June 20, 2014 | $456.4 million | $360 million | $47.8 million | Great Southern Bank |
| Inter Savings Bank, FSB D/b/a/ Interbank, FSB | Maple Grove | MN | April 27, 2012 | $463.8 million | $458.1 million | $79.7 million | Great Southern Bank |
| Sun Security Bank | Ellington | MO | October 7, 2011 | $351.5 million | $280.6 million | $93.1 million | Great Southern Bank |
| Teambank, N.A. | Paola | KS | March 20, 2009 | $669.8 million | $532.5 million | $134.6 million | Great Southern Bank |
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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.