Bank Failure
First Savings & Loan
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Closed July 13, 1989 · Waco, TX · FDIC Cert #27874.
- Closing date
- July 13, 1989
- Headquarters
- Waco, TX
- FDIC Certificate
- 27874
- Total assets at closing
- $373.7M
- Total deposits at closing
- $415.7M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $141.8M
- Insurance fund
- Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Kilgore FS&LA
Context
On July 13, 1989, regulators closed First Savings & Loan, headquartered in Waco, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $373.7M in assets and $415.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Kilgore FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $141.8M.
By assets at closing this is the 477th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 79th of 530 in 1989. 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 First Savings & Loan fail?
First Savings & Loan was closed by regulators on July 13, 1989.
Who acquired First Savings & Loan?
The FDIC record names Kilgore FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution of First Savings & Loan.
How big was First Savings & Loan when it failed?
First Savings & Loan had approximately $373.7M in total assets and $415.7M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1989
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1989 | Columbia FSA | $77.1M |
| Dec 21, 1989 | Silver Savings Assoc. | $32.2M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | First City National Bank and Trust | $39.5M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | United Community Bank | $32.3M |
| Dec 15, 1989 | First American Bank and Trust | $1.38B |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Yorkridge-Calvert Federal Savings | $585.8M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Louisiana Savings Assn. | $449.3M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | First Acadiana Bank | $46.8M |
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