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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Fidelity FS&LA

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Assistance provided August 28, 1984 · Baltimore, MD · FDIC Cert #28418.

Assistance date
August 28, 1984
Headquarters
Baltimore, MD
FDIC Certificate
28418
Total assets at the time
$137.8M
Total deposits at the time
$79.2M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$23.7M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Household Bank FSB

Context

On August 28, 1984, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Fidelity FS&LA, headquartered in Baltimore, MD. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $137.8M in assets and $79.2M in deposits. The FDIC record names Household Bank FSB as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $23.7M.

The FDIC record for 1984 holds 83 failures and 23 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 Fidelity FS&LA?

Fidelity FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on August 28, 1984; it did not fail.

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

Fidelity FS&LA had approximately $137.8M in total assets and $79.2M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1984

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 22, 1984 First Security Bank Sandwich, IL $13.4M
Dec 20, 1984 The Farmers State Bank Selden, KS $14.6M
Dec 18, 1984 Uehling State Bank Uehling, NE $4.2M
Dec 11, 1984 University Bank of Wichita Wichita, KS $4.7M
Dec 7, 1984 San Marino S&LA San Marino, CA $856.8M
Dec 7, 1984 Farmers State BK of Holyoke Holyoke, CO $3.9M
Dec 4, 1984 Golden Spike State Bank Tremonton, UT $7.8M
Nov 30, 1984 The Dayton BK & TR Co. Dayton, TN $51.4M