FDIC Open-Bank Assistance
Cardinal FSB
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Assistance provided December 1, 1988 · Cleveland, OH · FDIC Cert #28596.
- Assistance date
- December 1, 1988
- Headquarters
- Cleveland, OH
- FDIC Certificate
- 28596
- Total assets at the time
- $1.47B
- Total deposits at the time
- $1.46B
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $452.7M
- Insurance fund
- Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
- Resolution
- Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
- Acquirer
- Cardinal FSB
Context
On December 1, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Cardinal FSB, headquartered in Cleveland, OH. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $1.47B in assets and $1.46B in deposits. The assistance went to the bank itself; no other institution acquired it. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $452.7M.
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 Cardinal FSB?
Cardinal FSB received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 1, 1988; it did not fail.
How big was Cardinal FSB at the time of assistance?
Cardinal FSB had approximately $1.47B in total assets and $1.46B in deposits at the time of assistance.
Bank 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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