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Bank Failure

Home S&LA

Closed August 31, 1988 · Bartlesville, OK · FDIC Cert #28357.

Closing date
August 31, 1988
Headquarters
Bartlesville, OK
FDIC Certificate
28357
Total assets at closing
$173.5M
Total deposits at closing
$205.1M
Estimated loss to DIF
$84.1M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Cimarron FS&LA

Context

On August 31, 1988, regulators closed Home S&LA, headquartered in Bartlesville, OK. At closing, the institution held approximately $173.5M in assets and $205.1M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which Cimarron FS&LA acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $84.1M.

By assets at closing this is the 850th largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 41st 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 Home S&LA fail?

Home S&LA was closed by regulators on August 31, 1988.

Who acquired Home S&LA?

Cimarron FS&LA acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on August 31, 1988 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.

How big was Home S&LA when it failed?

Home S&LA had approximately $173.5M in total assets and $205.1M 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