# COPPER STAR BANK

> **Failed bank** · SCOTTSDALE, AZ · failed 2010-11-12 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $53M

## What happened

COPPER STAR BANK of SCOTTSDALE, AZ was closed by regulators on **2010-11-12**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **STEARNS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION** (ST. CLOUD, MN). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3878
- **FDIC Certificate:** 35463
- **FDIC FIN:** 10311
- **Bank name:** COPPER STAR BANK
- **Location:** SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- **Failure date:** 2010-11-12
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2010-11-12
- **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:** $53M
- **Deposits at failure:** $190M
- **Assets at failure:** $204M
- **Acquiring bank:** STEARNS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (ST. CLOUD, MN)

## Other banks STEARNS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- CONVENANT BANK & TRUST (ROCK SPRING, GA) — failed 2012-03-23 — /failed-bank/3997
- FIRST STATE BANK (SARASOTA, FL) — failed 2009-08-07 — /failed-bank/3665
- COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK OF SARASOTA COUNTY (VENICE, FL) — failed 2009-08-07 — /failed-bank/3664
- HORIZON BANK (PINE CITY, MN) — failed 2009-06-26 — /failed-bank/3634

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, COPPER STAR BANK (FDIC ID 3878), failed 2010-11-12. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3878.

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