Summary: assets of $33 4 billion Its collapse cost the FDIC $3 9 billion making it the most expensive bank failure in US history at the time 3 Continental Illinois National Bank And Trust The concept of too big to fail started with Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust In 1984 it was the 6th largest bank in the U S with nearly $40 billion in assets The bank
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