Company type | Bank |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1960 |
Defunct | 1982 |
Fate | Bankrupt after making energy-related loans |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Oklahoma |
Key people | Bill Patterson (energy-lending chief that was convicted) |
Products | Loans for oil extraction, banking services |
Owner | The Rooney family |
Penn Square Bank was a small American commercial bank located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The bank made a large number of poorly underwritten energy-related loans that it sold to other banks. Losses on these loans led to significant financial problems in these banks. Penn Square Bank declared bankruptcy in July 1982.[1]