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Platte Valley FS&LA

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Closed July 21, 1988 · Gering, NE · FDIC Cert #29400.

Closing date
July 21, 1988
Headquarters
Gering, NE
FDIC Certificate
29400
Total assets at closing
$407.6M
Total deposits at closing
$400.1M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this failure)
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On July 21, 1988, regulators closed Platte Valley FS&LA, headquartered in Gering, NE. At closing, the institution held approximately $407.6M in assets and $400.1M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution.

By assets at closing this is the 445th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 18th of 232 in 1988. 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 Platte Valley FS&LA fail?

Platte Valley FS&LA was closed by regulators on July 21, 1988.

How big was Platte Valley FS&LA when it failed?

Platte Valley FS&LA had approximately $407.6M in total assets and $400.1M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1988 First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford Rocky Ford, CO $12.5M
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Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Center Center, TX $26.1M
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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