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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Gibraltar S&LA

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Assistance provided August 12, 1983 · Maplewood, MO · FDIC Cert #30861.

Assistance date
August 12, 1983
Headquarters
Maplewood, MO
FDIC Certificate
30861
Total assets at the time
$48.9M
Total deposits at the time
$43.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$2.0M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Roosevelt FS&LA

Context

On August 12, 1983, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Gibraltar S&LA, headquartered in Maplewood, MO. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $48.9M in assets and $43.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Roosevelt FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $2.0M.

The FDIC record for 1983 holds 50 failures and 49 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 Gibraltar S&LA?

Gibraltar S&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on August 12, 1983; it did not fail.

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

Gibraltar S&LA had approximately $48.9M in total assets and $43.7M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1983

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1983 The Bank of Red Oak Red Oak, OK $11.1M
Dec 13, 1983 Bank of Hackleburg Hackleburg, AL $6.5M
Dec 9, 1983 Union Trust Company San Juan, PR $30.6M
Dec 2, 1983 Metro FS&LA Lake Charles, LA $27.4M
Nov 25, 1983 Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank Atkinson, IL $21.1M
Nov 11, 1983 First Nat BK of Browning Browning, MT $13.7M
Nov 3, 1983 State of Clovis, Sa Clovis, NM $30.9M
Oct 28, 1983 Cleveland Community Savings Co. Cleveland, OH $21.0M