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Pelican State Bank

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Closed June 24, 1987 · Mansfield, LA · FDIC Cert #9321.

Closing date
June 24, 1987
Headquarters
Mansfield, LA
FDIC Certificate
9321
Total assets at closing
$7.2M
Total deposits at closing
$7.0M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$3.4M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Peoples State Bank

Context

On June 24, 1987, regulators closed Pelican State Bank, headquartered in Mansfield, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $7.2M in assets and $7.0M in deposits. The FDIC record names Peoples State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $3.4M.

By assets at closing this is the 2898th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 198th of 217 in 1987. 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 Pelican State Bank fail?

Pelican State Bank was closed by regulators on June 24, 1987.

Who acquired Pelican State Bank?

The FDIC record names Peoples State Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Pelican State Bank.

How big was Pelican State Bank when it failed?

Pelican State Bank had approximately $7.2M in total assets and $7.0M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1987

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 18, 1987 First State Bank at Shoshoni Shoshoni, WY $4.6M
Dec 17, 1987 Usbank Denton, TX $86.0M
Dec 17, 1987 Bank of Mabank Mabank, TX $43.8M
Dec 17, 1987 American Bank of Commerce Lake Charles, LA $35.5M
Dec 11, 1987 First Interstate Bank of Alaska Anchorage, AK $367.7M
Dec 11, 1987 Lewis and Clark State Bank Lake Oswego, OR $20.3M
Dec 10, 1987 Heritage National Bank Austin, TX $53.2M
Dec 10, 1987 Bancfirst-Austin, N.A. Austin, TX $25.3M