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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Empire State FS&LA

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Assistance provided November 30, 1981 · White Plains, NY · FDIC Cert #28675.

Assistance date
November 30, 1981
Headquarters
White Plains, NY
FDIC Certificate
28675
Total assets at the time
$291.3M
Total deposits at the time
$217.2M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$9.9M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Empire Savings F.A.

Context

On November 30, 1981, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Empire State FS&LA, headquartered in White Plains, NY. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $291.3M in assets and $217.2M in deposits. The FDIC record names Empire Savings F.A. as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $9.9M.

The FDIC record for 1981 holds 9 failures and 31 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 Empire State FS&LA?

Empire State FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on November 30, 1981; it did not fail.

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

Empire State FS&LA had approximately $291.3M in total assets and $217.2M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1981

Date Bank HQ Assets
Oct 30, 1981 Midtown National Bank Pueblo, CO $10.6M
Oct 23, 1981 High Lakes Community Bank La Pine, OR $3.7M
Sep 25, 1981 Southwestern Bank Tucson, AZ $5.3M
Sep 8, 1981 First FS&LA of Rochester Rochester, NY $1.20B
Jun 19, 1981 Northwest Commerce Bank North Bend, OR $6.7M
May 18, 1981 Economy S&LA Chicago, IL $73.9M
Mar 17, 1981 Peoples Banking Company Boston, GA $8.4M
Mar 14, 1981 The Des Plaines Bank Des Plaines, IL $46.5M