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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

American S&LA

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Assistance provided September 7, 1988 · Stockton, CA · FDIC Cert #28559.

Assistance date
September 7, 1988
Headquarters
Stockton, CA
FDIC Certificate
28559
Total assets at the time
$30.16B
Total deposits at the time
$15.41B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$5.37B
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
American Savings Bank F.A.

Context

On September 7, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to American S&LA, headquartered in Stockton, CA. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $30.16B in assets and $15.41B in deposits. The FDIC record names American Savings Bank F.A. as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $5.37B.

The FDIC record for 1988 holds 232 failures and 238 open-bank assistance transactions. It falls in the period the record labels S&L / Banking Crisis (1980-1995), a period with 2,367 failures peaking at 530 in 1989.

Deregulation, interest-rate shocks, and commercial real estate blowups produced the worst US banking failure wave since the Depression. Resulted in FIRREA (1989) and the RTC.

Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.

Common questions

When did the FDIC provide assistance to American S&LA?

American S&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on September 7, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was American S&LA at the time of assistance?

American S&LA had approximately $30.16B in total assets and $15.41B in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1988

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1988 First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford Rocky Ford, CO $12.5M
Dec 16, 1988 First Southwest Bank Eldorado, OK $9.8M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas National Bank Dallas, TX $37.7M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Center Center, TX $26.1M
Dec 15, 1988 Crescent City Bank & Trust Company New Orleans, LA $24.0M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas Bank of Plano Plano, TX $15.1M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Bogata Bogata, TX $13.2M
Dec 9, 1988 Silverado S&LA Denver, CO $2.32B