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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Mohawk S&LA

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Assistance provided December 9, 1981 · Newark, NJ · FDIC Cert #28337.

Assistance date
December 9, 1981
Headquarters
Newark, NJ
FDIC Certificate
28337
Total assets at the time
$91.1M
Total deposits at the time
$76.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$4.7M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
City FS&LA

Context

On December 9, 1981, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Mohawk S&LA, headquartered in Newark, NJ. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $91.1M in assets and $76.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names City FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $4.7M.

The FDIC record for 1981 holds 9 failures and 31 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 Mohawk S&LA?

Mohawk S&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 9, 1981; it did not fail.

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

Mohawk S&LA had approximately $91.1M in total assets and $76.3M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1981

Date Bank HQ Assets
Oct 30, 1981 Midtown National Bank Pueblo, CO $10.6M
Oct 23, 1981 High Lakes Community Bank La Pine, OR $3.7M
Sep 25, 1981 Southwestern Bank Tucson, AZ $5.3M
Sep 8, 1981 First FS&LA of Rochester Rochester, NY $1.20B
Jun 19, 1981 Northwest Commerce Bank North Bend, OR $6.7M
May 18, 1981 Economy S&LA Chicago, IL $73.9M
Mar 17, 1981 Peoples Banking Company Boston, GA $8.4M
Mar 14, 1981 The Des Plaines Bank Des Plaines, IL $46.5M