Briefings

Seven short reports built from the FDIC record of 3,526 bank failures: the largest and costliest, the two great waves, 2023, how failures are resolved and who buys the banks.

The largest bank failures in US historyThe 25 biggest closings by total assets, and why four of the top four came in 2008 and 2023.
What bank failures cost the insurance fundEstimated losses, loss as a share of assets, and why small banks lose more per dollar.
The 2008 to 2013 wave, year by year489 failures in six years: the peak, the states, the busiest Fridays.
The savings and loan crisis in numbers1980 to 1994 in FDIC records: thousands of closings, four insurance funds, one state at the centre.
2023: three of the four largest failures everSilicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank against the full record.
How a bank failure ends: takeover or payoutPurchase and assumption, deposit transfers and payouts, decade by decade.
Who takes over failed banksThe banks named as acquirers since 2000, and how concentrated the buying was.