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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

First Security SB

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Assistance provided July 21, 1988 · Pleasant Hill, CA · FDIC Cert #31898.

Assistance date
July 21, 1988
Headquarters
Pleasant Hill, CA
FDIC Certificate
31898
Total assets at the time
$176.5M
Total deposits at the time
$133.1M
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
Columbus Savings, a FS&LA

Context

On July 21, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to First Security SB, headquartered in Pleasant Hill, CA. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $176.5M in assets and $133.1M in deposits. The FDIC record names Columbus Savings, a FS&LA 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 Security SB?

First Security SB received FDIC open-bank assistance on July 21, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was First Security SB at the time of assistance?

First Security SB had approximately $176.5M in total assets and $133.1M 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