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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

American S&LA

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Assistance provided June 8, 1984 · Dededo, GU · FDIC Cert #31644.

Assistance date
June 8, 1984
Headquarters
Dededo, GU
FDIC Certificate
31644
Total assets at the time
$58.4M
Total deposits at the time
$38.8M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$8.8M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
First S&LA of America

Context

On June 8, 1984, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to American S&LA, headquartered in Dededo, GU. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $58.4M in assets and $38.8M in deposits. The FDIC record names First S&LA of America as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $8.8M.

The FDIC record for 1984 holds 83 failures and 23 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 June 8, 1984; it did not fail.

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

American S&LA had approximately $58.4M in total assets and $38.8M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1984

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 22, 1984 First Security Bank Sandwich, IL $13.4M
Dec 20, 1984 The Farmers State Bank Selden, KS $14.6M
Dec 18, 1984 Uehling State Bank Uehling, NE $4.2M
Dec 11, 1984 University Bank of Wichita Wichita, KS $4.7M
Dec 7, 1984 San Marino S&LA San Marino, CA $856.8M
Dec 7, 1984 Farmers State BK of Holyoke Holyoke, CO $3.9M
Dec 4, 1984 Golden Spike State Bank Tremonton, UT $7.8M
Nov 30, 1984 The Dayton BK & TR Co. Dayton, TN $51.4M