Bank Failure
Bank of Casper
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Closed January 22, 1988 · Casper, WY · FDIC Cert #23038.
- Closing date
- January 22, 1988
- Headquarters
- Casper, WY
- FDIC Certificate
- 23038
- Total assets at closing
- $6.1M
- Total deposits at closing
- $5.8M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $1.1M
- Insurance fund
- FDIC insurance fund
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- First Wyoming Bank Caspe
Context
On January 22, 1988, regulators closed Bank of Casper, headquartered in Casper, WY. At closing, the institution held approximately $6.1M in assets and $5.8M in deposits. The FDIC record names First Wyoming Bank Caspe as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.1M.
By assets at closing this is the 2953rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 225th of 232 in 1988. 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 Bank of Casper fail?
Bank of Casper was closed by regulators on January 22, 1988.
Who acquired Bank of Casper?
The FDIC record names First Wyoming Bank Caspe as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Bank of Casper.
How big was Bank of Casper when it failed?
Bank of Casper had approximately $6.1M in total assets and $5.8M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1988
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford | $12.5M |
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Southwest Bank | $9.8M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas National Bank | $37.7M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Center | $26.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Crescent City Bank & Trust Company | $24.0M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas Bank of Plano | $15.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Bogata | $13.2M |
| Dec 9, 1988 | Silverado S&LA | $2.32B |
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