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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Company

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Assistance provided December 21, 1988 · Baton Rouge, LA · FDIC Cert #19743.

Assistance date
December 21, 1988
Headquarters
Baton Rouge, LA
FDIC Certificate
19743
Total assets at the time
$111.5M
Total deposits at the time
$112.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$18.0M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Baton Rouge Bank&trust Co

Context

On December 21, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Company, headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $111.5M in assets and $112.7M in deposits. The assistance went to the bank itself; no other institution acquired it. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $18.0M.

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 Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Company?

Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Company received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 21, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Company at the time of assistance?

Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Company had approximately $111.5M in total assets and $112.7M 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