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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Mutual S&LA of El Paso

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Assistance provided August 2, 1982 · El Paso, TX · FDIC Cert #28099.

Assistance date
August 2, 1982
Headquarters
El Paso, TX
FDIC Certificate
28099
Total assets at the time
$174.7M
Total deposits at the time
$151.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this transaction)
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
First FS&LA of Arizona

Context

On August 2, 1982, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Mutual S&LA of El Paso, headquartered in El Paso, TX. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $174.7M in assets and $151.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names First FS&LA of Arizona as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction.

The FDIC record for 1982 holds 34 failures and 85 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 Mutual S&LA of El Paso?

Mutual S&LA of El Paso received FDIC open-bank assistance on August 2, 1982; it did not fail.

How big was Mutual S&LA of El Paso at the time of assistance?

Mutual S&LA of El Paso had approximately $174.7M in total assets and $151.7M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1982

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1982 The Security State Bank Mooreland, OK $11.6M
Dec 10, 1982 Bollinger County Bank Lutesville, MO $15.9M
Nov 19, 1982 North Kansas Sa Beloit, KS $36.5M
Nov 19, 1982 Ranchlander National Bank Melvin, TX $4.3M
Nov 12, 1982 Bank of Quitman Quitman, AR $17.4M
Nov 5, 1982 The First National Bank of South Charlesto South Charleston, WV $28.6M
Nov 5, 1982 Texas BK of Amarillo Amarillo, TX $13.1M
Nov 2, 1982 Cedar Bluff Bank Cedar Bluff, AL $13.7M