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Bank Failure

Community FS&LA

Closed June 7, 1985 · Nashville, TN · FDIC Cert #31323.

Closing date
June 7, 1985
Headquarters
Nashville, TN
FDIC Certificate
31323
Total assets at closing
$22.7M
Total deposits at closing
$18.8M
Estimated loss to DIF
$3.6M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On June 7, 1985, regulators closed Community FS&LA, headquartered in Nashville, TN. At closing, the institution held approximately $22.7M in assets and $18.8M in deposits. The FDIC resolved the institution without a single-acquirer transaction. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $3.6M.

By assets at closing this is the 2242nd largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 68th of 139 in 1985. 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 Community FS&LA fail?

Community FS&LA was closed by regulators on June 7, 1985.

How big was Community FS&LA when it failed?

Community FS&LA had approximately $22.7M in total assets and $18.8M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other 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