Bank Failure
Liberty Bank & Trust Company
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Closed June 26, 1987 · Greenwood, LA · FDIC Cert #23131.
- Closing date
- June 26, 1987
- Headquarters
- Greenwood, LA
- FDIC Certificate
- 23131
- Total assets at closing
- $12.6M
- Total deposits at closing
- $12.2M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $5.2M
- Insurance fund
- FDIC insurance fund
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Peoples State Bank
Context
On June 26, 1987, regulators closed Liberty Bank & Trust Company, headquartered in Greenwood, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $12.6M in assets and $12.2M in deposits. The FDIC record names Peoples State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $5.2M.
By assets at closing this is the 2653rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 153rd of 217 in 1987. 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 Liberty Bank & Trust Company fail?
Liberty Bank & Trust Company was closed by regulators on June 26, 1987.
Who acquired Liberty Bank & Trust Company?
The FDIC record names Peoples State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Liberty Bank & Trust Company.
How big was Liberty Bank & Trust Company when it failed?
Liberty Bank & Trust Company had approximately $12.6M in total assets and $12.2M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1987
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 1987 | First State Bank at Shoshoni | $4.6M |
| Dec 17, 1987 | Usbank | $86.0M |
| Dec 17, 1987 | Bank of Mabank | $43.8M |
| Dec 17, 1987 | American Bank of Commerce | $35.5M |
| Dec 11, 1987 | First Interstate Bank of Alaska | $367.7M |
| Dec 11, 1987 | Lewis and Clark State Bank | $20.3M |
| Dec 10, 1987 | Heritage National Bank | $53.2M |
| Dec 10, 1987 | Bancfirst-Austin, N.A. | $25.3M |
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