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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

First Texas Savings Association

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Assistance provided December 27, 1988 · Dallas, TX · FDIC Cert #28252.

Assistance date
December 27, 1988
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
FDIC Certificate
28252
Total assets at the time
$3.13B
Total deposits at the time
$2.70B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$2.53B
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
First Gibraltar Bank FSB

Context

On December 27, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to First Texas Savings Association, headquartered in Dallas, TX. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $3.13B in assets and $2.70B in deposits. The FDIC record names First Gibraltar Bank FSB as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $2.53B.

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 Texas Savings Association?

First Texas Savings Association received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 27, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was First Texas Savings Association at the time of assistance?

First Texas Savings Association had approximately $3.13B in total assets and $2.70B 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