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FDIC BankFind Suite

FDIC-insured institution, branch, financial, and failure records for building bank-directory, branch-map, and failure-history tools.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Medium · ≤1 GB
Formats
JSON, CSV
Access
API or Download
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Updates
Weekly
Last Verified
Sep 27, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
U.S. Government public data / federal copyright guidance
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

BankFind Suite exposes institution and branch records through a public API. Start with one state abbreviation and a small result limit. A key is not required today, though FDIC documents a registration path. Branch lists are not a measure of service quality, and failure records are historical.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • A notebook environment such as Jupyter or Google Colab
  • An internet connection
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Open the BankFind API documentation and note the Elastic-style filter syntax.
  2. 2.Request a bounded page of Iowa institutions.
  3. 3.Keep certificate numbers, names, and city fields as text.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install pandas requests

import pandas as pd
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.fdic.gov/banks/institutions",
    params={
        "filters": 'STALP:IA',
        "fields": "NAME,CERT,CITY,STALP,ACTIVE",
        "limit": 20,
        "format": "json",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
banks = pd.json_normalize(
    [row["data"] for row in response.json()["data"]]
)
print(banks[["NAME", "CERT", "CITY", "STALP", "ACTIVE"]].head())
4

Test a Useful Signal

List Active FDIC-Insured Institutions in One State

Test whether BankFind can power a bounded state bank directory.

  1. 01Keep certificate number, name, city, and active flag.
  2. 02Count active versus inactive institutions and flag missing cities.
  3. 03Explain that a branch or certificate list is not a safety rating and that failure history lives on a separate endpoint.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-27. Temporal coverage: 1934-present failures with current institutions.

Geography

United States

Formats

JSONCSV

Provider

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Data Terms

U.S. Government public data / federal copyright guidance

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