Bank failures in 1972

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions recorded 1 failures in 1972, according to the FDIC.

1 FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions failed in 1972 and 1 received FDIC assistance, the FDIC records, oldest first.

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Failures and assistance transactions of FDIC-insured institutions in 1972, oldest first
Date	Institution	Where	Resolution	Assets	Estimated cost
January 18, 1972	BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH	DETROIT, MI	ASSISTANCE	$1.3 billion	Not published by the FDIC
May 27, 1972	SURETY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY	WAKEFIELD, MA	FAILURE	$22.1 million	Not published by the FDIC

Sources

FDIC failures — every bank failure and assistance transaction since 1934 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 27, 2026

Compiled automatically from FDIC failures — every bank failure and assistance transaction since 1934 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 30, 2026