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• Navigate to Industries, select U.S. Financial Institutions, then Failed Banks and Thrifts.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) website lists bank failures and assistance going back to 2001.

Search for a listing of bank failures back to 1934 using the FDIC's Failure and Assistance Data.

The Annual Report of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has information about bank failures. Find these volumes in print (from 1934-2001) at call number HG1662.U5 A27, or available from 1933-present online. The FDIC website also has their annual reports from 1996-present in HTML or PDF format.

You can find information on bank failures and mergers in Bank Regulatory via WRDS.

Note: WRDS requires a Wharton username and password.