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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

First of Longview

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Assistance provided August 2, 1988 · Longview, WA · FDIC Cert #28310.

Assistance date
August 2, 1988
Headquarters
Longview, WA
FDIC Certificate
28310
Total assets at the time
$78.1M
Total deposits at the time
$76.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$13.6M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
First FS&LA

Context

On August 2, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to First of Longview, headquartered in Longview, WA. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $78.1M in assets and $76.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names First FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $13.6M.

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 of Longview?

First of Longview received FDIC open-bank assistance on August 2, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was First of Longview at the time of assistance?

First of Longview had approximately $78.1M in total assets and $76.3M 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