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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Central S&LA

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Assistance provided May 31, 1985 · San Diego, CA · FDIC Cert #30965.

Assistance date
May 31, 1985
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
FDIC Certificate
30965
Total assets at the time
$2.31B
Total deposits at the time
$1.68B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$327.1M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Coast S&LA

Context

On May 31, 1985, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Central S&LA, headquartered in San Diego, CA. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $2.31B in assets and $1.68B in deposits. The FDIC record names Coast S&LA as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $327.1M.

The FDIC record for 1985 holds 139 failures and 41 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, in nominal dollars, and can differ from the balance on the closing day.

Common questions

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

Central S&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on May 31, 1985; it did not fail.

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

Central S&LA had approximately $2.31B in total assets and $1.68B in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1985

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 20, 1985 First City Bank Glendale, CA $35.8M
Dec 20, 1985 State Bank of Frost Frost, MN $7.7M
Dec 19, 1985 Princeton State Bank Princeton, MO $18.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers State Bank Sargent, NE $12.5M
Dec 19, 1985 Bank of Panama Panama, NE $4.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers & Merchants Bank Comstock, NE $3.3M
Dec 13, 1985 The First National Bank in Lincoln County Ruidoso, NM $32.0M
Dec 13, 1985 Lake National Bank Lake Ozark, MO $19.8M