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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Citizens S&LA

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Assistance provided July 1, 1985 · Batesville, MS · FDIC Cert #31839.

Assistance date
July 1, 1985
Headquarters
Batesville, MS
FDIC Certificate
31839
Total assets at the time
$18.4M
Total deposits at the time
$13.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$4.1M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Mississippi FSB

Context

On July 1, 1985, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Citizens S&LA, headquartered in Batesville, MS. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $18.4M in assets and $13.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names Mississippi FSB as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $4.1M.

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.

Common questions

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

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

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

Citizens S&LA had approximately $18.4M in total assets and $13.3M 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