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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Oak Forest National Bank

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Assistance provided July 15, 1988 · Longview, TX · FDIC Cert #25762.

Assistance date
July 15, 1988
Headquarters
Longview, TX
FDIC Certificate
25762
Total assets at the time
$7.4M
Total deposits at the time
$7.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.4M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Longview Bank&trust Co

Context

On July 15, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Oak Forest National Bank, headquartered in Longview, TX. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $7.4M in assets and $7.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Longview Bank&trust Co as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $1.4M.

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 Oak Forest National Bank?

Oak Forest National Bank received FDIC open-bank assistance on July 15, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was Oak Forest National Bank at the time of assistance?

Oak Forest National Bank had approximately $7.4M in total assets and $7.7M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1988

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1988 First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford Rocky Ford, CO $12.5M
Dec 16, 1988 First Southwest Bank Eldorado, OK $9.8M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas National Bank Dallas, TX $37.7M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Center Center, TX $26.1M
Dec 15, 1988 Crescent City Bank & Trust Company New Orleans, LA $24.0M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas Bank of Plano Plano, TX $15.1M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Bogata Bogata, TX $13.2M
Dec 9, 1988 Silverado S&LA Denver, CO $2.32B