In the period 2001-18, the number of U.S. bank failures reached their zenith in 2010, when 157 banks collapsed. But in terms of assets involved, failures reached their peak in 2008, the height of the Great Recession, when 25 banks with total assets of $374 billion failed.
| Year | Bank Failures |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2012 | 51 |
| 2011 | 92 |
| 2010 | 157 |
| 2009 | 140 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2001 | 4 |
No banks failed last year.
In Arkansas, four banks failed during 2001-18: Sinclair National Bank in Gravette (Benton County) in 2001; ANB Financial of Bentonville, 2008; First Southern Bank of Batesville, 2010; and Allied Bank in Mulberry (Crawford County), 2016.
Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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