# FIDELITY BANK OF DENVER

> **Failed bank** · DENVER, CO · failed 1985-03-29 · State commercial bank, Federal Reserve member · FDIC cost $12M

## What happened

FIDELITY BANK OF DENVER of DENVER, CO was closed by state regulators on **1985-03-29**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **AMERICAN BANK OF COMMERC** (DENVER, CO). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 971
- **FDIC Certificate:** 23408
- **FDIC FIN:** 2451
- **Bank name:** FIDELITY BANK OF DENVER
- **Location:** DENVER, CO
- **Failure date:** 1985-03-29
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1985-03-29
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, Federal Reserve member
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $12M
- **Deposits at failure:** $49M
- **Assets at failure:** $55M
- **Acquiring bank:** AMERICAN BANK OF COMMERC (DENVER, CO)

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, FIDELITY BANK OF DENVER (FDIC ID 971), failed 1985-03-29. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/971.

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