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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Citizens FS&LA

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Assistance provided December 1, 1985 · Seattle, WA · FDIC Cert #28890.

Assistance date
December 1, 1985
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
FDIC Certificate
28890
Total assets at the time
$461.4M
Total deposits at the time
$353.2M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$18.0M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Citizens FS&LA

Context

On December 1, 1985, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Citizens FS&LA, headquartered in Seattle, WA. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $461.4M in assets and $353.2M 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 $18.0M.

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.

Common questions

When did the FDIC provide assistance to Citizens FS&LA?

Citizens FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 1, 1985; it did not fail.

How big was Citizens FS&LA at the time of assistance?

Citizens FS&LA had approximately $461.4M in total assets and $353.2M 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