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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

First FS&LA of Grand Rapids

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Assistance provided August 26, 1988 · Grand Rapids, MN · FDIC Cert #30868.

Assistance date
August 26, 1988
Headquarters
Grand Rapids, MN
FDIC Certificate
30868
Total assets at the time
$105.9M
Total deposits at the time
$96.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$44.6M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
First FS&LA of Brainerd

Context

On August 26, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to First FS&LA of Grand Rapids, headquartered in Grand Rapids, MN. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $105.9M in assets and $96.9M in deposits. The FDIC record names First FS&LA of Brainerd as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $44.6M.

The FDIC record for 1988 holds 232 failures and 238 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 First FS&LA of Grand Rapids?

First FS&LA of Grand Rapids received FDIC open-bank assistance on August 26, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was First FS&LA of Grand Rapids at the time of assistance?

First FS&LA of Grand Rapids had approximately $105.9M in total assets and $96.9M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1988

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1988 First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford Rocky Ford, CO $12.5M
Dec 16, 1988 First Southwest Bank Eldorado, OK $9.8M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas National Bank Dallas, TX $37.7M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Center Center, TX $26.1M
Dec 15, 1988 Crescent City Bank & Trust Company New Orleans, LA $24.0M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas Bank of Plano Plano, TX $15.1M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Bogata Bogata, TX $13.2M
Dec 9, 1988 Silverado S&LA Denver, CO $2.32B