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Crescent Savings Bank

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Closed June 25, 1985 · New Orleans, LA · FDIC Cert #32098.

Closing date
June 25, 1985
Headquarters
New Orleans, LA
FDIC Certificate
32098
Total assets (last filing before closing)
$89.1M
Total deposits (last filing before closing)
$84.0M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$53.7M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Horizon FS&LA

Context

On June 25, 1985, regulators closed Crescent Savings Bank, headquartered in New Orleans, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $89.1M in assets and $84.0M in deposits. The FDIC record names Horizon FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $53.7M.

By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 1277th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 23rd 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, in nominal dollars, and can differ from the balance on the closing day.

Common questions

When did Crescent Savings Bank fail?

Crescent Savings Bank was closed by regulators on June 25, 1985.

Who acquired Crescent Savings Bank?

The FDIC record names Horizon FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Crescent Savings Bank.

How big was Crescent Savings Bank when it failed?

Crescent Savings Bank had approximately $89.1M in total assets and $84.0M in deposits at the time of failure.

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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
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Dec 13, 1985 Lake National Bank Lake Ozark, MO $19.8M