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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Eureka FS&LA

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Assistance provided June 21, 1985 · San Carlos, CA · FDIC Cert #28745.

Assistance date
June 21, 1985
Headquarters
San Carlos, CA
FDIC Certificate
28745
Total assets at the time
$1.57B
Total deposits at the time
$1.36B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$453.3M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Eureka FS&LA

Context

On June 21, 1985, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Eureka FS&LA, headquartered in San Carlos, CA. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $1.57B in assets and $1.36B in deposits. The assistance went to the bank itself; no other institution acquired it. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $453.3M.

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, in nominal dollars, and can differ from the balance on the closing day.

Common questions

When did the FDIC provide assistance to Eureka FS&LA?

Eureka FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on June 21, 1985; it did not fail.

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

Eureka FS&LA had approximately $1.57B in total assets and $1.36B 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