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Frenchman Valley Bank

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Closed March 10, 1988 · Palisade, NE · FDIC Cert #13254.

Closing date
March 10, 1988
Headquarters
Palisade, NE
FDIC Certificate
13254
Total assets at closing
$2.8M
Total deposits at closing
$2.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$602K
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On March 10, 1988, regulators closed Frenchman Valley Bank, headquartered in Palisade, NE. At closing, the institution held approximately $2.8M in assets and $2.7M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $602K.

By assets at closing this is the 3069th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 232nd of 232 in 1988. 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 Frenchman Valley Bank fail?

Frenchman Valley Bank was closed by regulators on March 10, 1988.

How big was Frenchman Valley Bank when it failed?

Frenchman Valley Bank had approximately $2.8M in total assets and $2.7M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other 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