# TOPEKA SAVINGS

> **Failed bank** · TOPEKA, KS · failed 1989-03-02 · SL · FDIC cost $50M

## What happened

TOPEKA SAVINGS of TOPEKA, KS was closed by state regulators on **1989-03-02**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank

Deposits were transferred to **BANK IV TOPEKA, NA** (TOPEKA, KS). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 2171
- **FDIC Certificate:** 32561
- **FDIC FIN:** 6999
- **Bank name:** TOPEKA SAVINGS
- **Location:** TOPEKA, KS
- **Failure date:** 1989-03-02
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1990-05-11
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $50M
- **Deposits at failure:** $108M
- **Assets at failure:** $97M
- **Acquiring bank:** BANK IV TOPEKA, NA (TOPEKA, KS)
- **FDIC comments:** FSLIC-RTC Duplicate Failures

## Other banks BANK IV TOPEKA, NA has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- SHAWNEE FED. S & L ASSOC. (TOPEKA, KS) — failed 1989-03-02 — /failed-bank/2141

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, TOPEKA SAVINGS (FDIC ID 2171), failed 1989-03-02. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2171.

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