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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Frontier Federal Savings Bank

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Assistance provided June 6, 1988 · Dyersburg, TN · FDIC Cert #29402.

Assistance date
June 6, 1988
Headquarters
Dyersburg, TN
FDIC Certificate
29402
Total assets at the time
$43.7M
Total deposits at the time
$42.5M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$11.0M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Security First FSB

Context

On June 6, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Frontier Federal Savings Bank, headquartered in Dyersburg, TN. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $43.7M in assets and $42.5M in deposits. The FDIC record names Security First FSB as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $11.0M.

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 Frontier Federal Savings Bank?

Frontier Federal Savings Bank received FDIC open-bank assistance on June 6, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was Frontier Federal Savings Bank at the time of assistance?

Frontier Federal Savings Bank had approximately $43.7M in total assets and $42.5M 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