bankfind/README.md

Python interface to the FDIC's API for publically available bank data

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Documentation: https://bankfind.dpguthrie.com

Source Code: https://github.com/dpguthrie/bankfind

FDIC Documentation: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/docs/

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Overview

bankfind is a python interface to publically available bank data from the FDIC.

There are currently, as of 8/11/20, five endpoints that the FDIC has exposed to the public:

• failures - returns detail on failed financial institutions
• institutions - returns a list of financial institutions
• history - returns detail on structure change events
• locations - returns locations / branches of financial institutions
• summary - returns aggregate financial and structure data, subtotaled by year, regarding financial institutions

Requirements

Python 2.7, 3.5+

• Requests - The elegant and simple HTTP library for Python, built for human beings.
• Pandas - Fast, powerful, flexible and easy to use open source data analysis and manipulation tool

Installation

pip install bankfind

Example

import bankfind as bf

# Get Institutions
data = bf.get_institutions()

# Get Institutions from Colorado with high ROE
data = bf.get_institutions(filters="STNAME:Colorado AND ROE:[25 TO *]")

# Get Commercial Banks from Colorado that aren't S-Corps
data = bf.get_institutions(filters="STNAME:Colorado AND SUBCHAPS:0 AND CB:1")

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.