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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

DRY Dock Savings Bank

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Assistance provided February 9, 1983 · New York, NY · FDIC Cert #16065.

Assistance date
February 9, 1983
Headquarters
New York, NY
FDIC Certificate
16065
Total assets at the time
$2.45B
Total deposits at the time
$2.04B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$59.4M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Dollar-DRY SB of NY

Context

On February 9, 1983, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to DRY Dock Savings Bank, headquartered in New York, NY. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $2.45B in assets and $2.04B in deposits. The FDIC record names Dollar-DRY SB of NY as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $59.4M.

The FDIC record for 1983 holds 50 failures and 49 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 DRY Dock Savings Bank?

DRY Dock Savings Bank received FDIC open-bank assistance on February 9, 1983; it did not fail.

How big was DRY Dock Savings Bank at the time of assistance?

DRY Dock Savings Bank had approximately $2.45B in total assets and $2.04B in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1983

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1983 The Bank of Red Oak Red Oak, OK $11.1M
Dec 13, 1983 Bank of Hackleburg Hackleburg, AL $6.5M
Dec 9, 1983 Union Trust Company San Juan, PR $30.6M
Dec 2, 1983 Metro FS&LA Lake Charles, LA $27.4M
Nov 25, 1983 Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank Atkinson, IL $21.1M
Nov 11, 1983 First Nat BK of Browning Browning, MT $13.7M
Nov 3, 1983 State of Clovis, Sa Clovis, NM $30.9M
Oct 28, 1983 Cleveland Community Savings Co. Cleveland, OH $21.0M