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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Provident FS&LA

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Assistance provided July 2, 1987 · Boise, ID · FDIC Cert #29043.

Assistance date
July 2, 1987
Headquarters
Boise, ID
FDIC Certificate
29043
Total assets at the time
$222.3M
Total deposits at the time
$210.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$54.6M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Washington FS&LA

Context

On July 2, 1987, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Provident FS&LA, headquartered in Boise, ID. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $222.3M in assets and $210.9M in deposits. The FDIC record names Washington FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $54.6M.

The FDIC record for 1987 holds 217 failures and 45 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 Provident FS&LA?

Provident FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on July 2, 1987; it did not fail.

How big was Provident FS&LA at the time of assistance?

Provident FS&LA had approximately $222.3M in total assets and $210.9M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank 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