# VANTUS BANK

> **Failed bank** · SIOUX CITY, IA · failed 2009-09-04 · Savings bank · FDIC cost $102M

## What happened

VANTUS BANK of SIOUX CITY, IA was closed by state regulators on **2009-09-04**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **GREAT SOUTHERN BANK** (SPRINGFIELD, MO). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3680
- **FDIC Certificate:** 27732
- **FDIC FIN:** 10116
- **Bank name:** VANTUS BANK
- **Location:** SIOUX CITY, IA
- **Failure date:** 2009-09-04
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2009-09-04
- **Charter type:** Savings bank
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $102M
- **Deposits at failure:** $394M
- **Assets at failure:** $504M
- **Acquiring bank:** GREAT SOUTHERN BANK (SPRINGFIELD, MO)

## Other banks GREAT SOUTHERN BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- VALLEY BANK (MOLINE, IL) — failed 2014-06-20 — /failed-bank/4067
- INTER SAVINGS BANK, FSB D/B/A/ INTERBANK, FSB (MAPLE GROVE, MN) — failed 2012-04-27 — /failed-bank/4002
- SUN SECURITY BANK (ELLINGTON, MO) — failed 2011-10-07 — /failed-bank/3966
- TEAMBANK, N.A. (PAOLA, KS) — failed 2009-03-20 — /failed-bank/3611

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, VANTUS BANK (FDIC ID 3680), failed 2009-09-04. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3680.

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