Bank Failure
French Market Homestead, FSA
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Closed February 17, 1989 · Metairie, LA · FDIC Cert #32552.
- Closing date
- February 17, 1989
- Headquarters
- Metairie, LA
- FDIC Certificate
- 32552
- Total assets at closing
- $250.8M
- Total deposits at closing
- $237.9M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $81.3M
- Insurance fund
- Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- First NB of Commerce
Context
On February 17, 1989, regulators closed French Market Homestead, FSA, headquartered in Metairie, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $250.8M in assets and $237.9M in deposits. The FDIC record names First NB of Commerce as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $81.3M.
By assets at closing this is the 642nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 111th 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 French Market Homestead, FSA fail?
French Market Homestead, FSA was closed by regulators on February 17, 1989.
Who acquired French Market Homestead, FSA?
The FDIC record names First NB of Commerce as the acquiring institution in the resolution of French Market Homestead, FSA.
How big was French Market Homestead, FSA when it failed?
French Market Homestead, FSA had approximately $250.8M in total assets and $237.9M 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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