FDIC Open-Bank Assistance
Century FS&LA
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Assistance provided August 10, 1984 · Cedarhurst, NY · FDIC Cert #28546.
- Assistance date
- August 10, 1984
- Headquarters
- Cedarhurst, NY
- FDIC Certificate
- 28546
- Total assets at the time
- $651.7M
- Total deposits at the time
- $724.5M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $6.5M
- Insurance fund
- Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
- Resolution
- Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
- Acquirer
- Home Savings of America F.A.
Context
On August 10, 1984, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Century FS&LA, headquartered in Cedarhurst, NY. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $651.7M in assets and $724.5M in deposits. The FDIC record names Home Savings of America F.A. as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $6.5M.
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 Century FS&LA?
Century FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on August 10, 1984; it did not fail.
How big was Century FS&LA at the time of assistance?
Century FS&LA had approximately $651.7M in total assets and $724.5M in deposits at the time of assistance.
Bank failures in 1984
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 1984 | First Security Bank | $13.4M |
| Dec 20, 1984 | The Farmers State Bank | $14.6M |
| Dec 18, 1984 | Uehling State Bank | $4.2M |
| Dec 11, 1984 | University Bank of Wichita | $4.7M |
| Dec 7, 1984 | San Marino S&LA | $856.8M |
| Dec 7, 1984 | Farmers State BK of Holyoke | $3.9M |
| Dec 4, 1984 | Golden Spike State Bank | $7.8M |
| Nov 30, 1984 | The Dayton BK & TR Co. | $51.4M |
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