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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Fort Lee S&LA

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Assistance provided June 30, 1987 · Fort Lee, NJ · FDIC Cert #29917.

Assistance date
June 30, 1987
Headquarters
Fort Lee, NJ
FDIC Certificate
29917
Total assets at the time
$170.6M
Total deposits at the time
$183.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$13.1M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Ensign Bank FSB

Context

On June 30, 1987, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Fort Lee S&LA, headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $170.6M in assets and $183.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names Ensign Bank FSB as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $13.1M.

The FDIC record for 1987 holds 217 failures and 45 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 Fort Lee S&LA?

Fort Lee S&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on June 30, 1987; it did not fail.

How big was Fort Lee S&LA at the time of assistance?

Fort Lee S&LA had approximately $170.6M in total assets and $183.3M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1987

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 18, 1987 First State Bank at Shoshoni Shoshoni, WY $4.6M
Dec 17, 1987 Usbank Denton, TX $86.0M
Dec 17, 1987 Bank of Mabank Mabank, TX $43.8M
Dec 17, 1987 American Bank of Commerce Lake Charles, LA $35.5M
Dec 11, 1987 First Interstate Bank of Alaska Anchorage, AK $367.7M
Dec 11, 1987 Lewis and Clark State Bank Lake Oswego, OR $20.3M
Dec 10, 1987 Heritage National Bank Austin, TX $53.2M
Dec 10, 1987 Bancfirst-Austin, N.A. Austin, TX $25.3M