FDIC Open-Bank Assistance
Morehead National Bank
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Assistance provided March 15, 1988 · Morehead, KY · FDIC Cert #25783.
- Assistance date
- March 15, 1988
- Headquarters
- Morehead, KY
- FDIC Certificate
- 25783
- Total assets at the time
- $7.6M
- Total deposits at the time
- $7.9M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $974K
- Insurance fund
- FDIC insurance fund
- Resolution
- Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
- Acquirer
- Morehead National Bank
Context
On March 15, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Morehead National Bank, headquartered in Morehead, KY. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $7.6M in assets and $7.9M in deposits. The assistance went to the bank itself; no other institution acquired it. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $974K.
The FDIC record for 1988 holds 232 failures and 238 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 Morehead National Bank?
Morehead National Bank received FDIC open-bank assistance on March 15, 1988; it did not fail.
How big was Morehead National Bank at the time of assistance?
Morehead National Bank had approximately $7.6M in total assets and $7.9M in deposits at the time of assistance.
Bank failures in 1988
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford | $12.5M |
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Southwest Bank | $9.8M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas National Bank | $37.7M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Center | $26.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Crescent City Bank & Trust Company | $24.0M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas Bank of Plano | $15.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Bogata | $13.2M |
| Dec 9, 1988 | Silverado S&LA | $2.32B |
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