# BANK OF BENTON

> **Failed bank** · BENTON, LA · failed 1989-01-05 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $3M

## What happened

BANK OF BENTON of BENTON, LA was closed by regulators on **1989-01-05**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **RED RIVER VALLEY BANK** (BOSSIER CITY, LA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 2065
- **FDIC Certificate:** 8139
- **FDIC FIN:** 2949
- **Bank name:** BANK OF BENTON
- **Location:** BENTON, LA
- **Failure date:** 1989-01-05
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1989-01-05
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $3M
- **Deposits at failure:** $12M
- **Assets at failure:** $12M
- **Acquiring bank:** RED RIVER VALLEY BANK (BOSSIER CITY, LA)

## Other banks RED RIVER VALLEY BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- BANK OF THE MID-SOUTH (BOSSIER CITY, LA) — failed 1988-08-25 — /failed-bank/1878

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=BANK%20OF%20BENTON

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, BANK OF BENTON (FDIC ID 2065), failed 1989-01-05. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2065.

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