Bank Failure
Metro FS&LA
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Closed December 2, 1983 · Lake Charles, LA · FDIC Cert #31114.
- Closing date
- December 2, 1983
- Headquarters
- Lake Charles, LA
- FDIC Certificate
- 31114
- Total assets at closing
- $27.4M
- Total deposits at closing
- $18.5M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $10.9M
- Insurance fund
- Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
Context
On December 2, 1983, regulators closed Metro FS&LA, headquartered in Lake Charles, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $27.4M in assets and $18.5M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $10.9M.
By assets at closing this is the 2111th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 25th of 50 in 1983. 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 Metro FS&LA fail?
Metro FS&LA was closed by regulators on December 2, 1983.
How big was Metro FS&LA when it failed?
Metro FS&LA had approximately $27.4M in total assets and $18.5M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1983
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1983 | The Bank of Red Oak | $11.1M |
| Dec 13, 1983 | Bank of Hackleburg | $6.5M |
| Dec 9, 1983 | Union Trust Company | $30.6M |
| Nov 25, 1983 | Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank | $21.1M |
| Nov 11, 1983 | First Nat BK of Browning | $13.7M |
| Nov 3, 1983 | State of Clovis, Sa | $30.9M |
| Oct 28, 1983 | Cleveland Community Savings Co. | $21.0M |
| Oct 14, 1983 | The First Nat BK of Midland | $1.41B |
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