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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Reserve S&LA

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Assistance provided August 27, 1986 · Witchita, KS · FDIC Cert #31902.

Assistance date
August 27, 1986
Headquarters
Witchita, KS
FDIC Certificate
31902
Total assets at the time
$21.5M
Total deposits at the time
$27.1M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$8.2M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Mid-Continent FS&LA

Context

On August 27, 1986, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Reserve S&LA, headquartered in Witchita, KS. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $21.5M in assets and $27.1M in deposits. The FDIC record names Mid-Continent FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $8.2M.

The FDIC record for 1986 holds 162 failures and 42 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 Reserve S&LA?

Reserve S&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on August 27, 1986; it did not fail.

How big was Reserve S&LA at the time of assistance?

Reserve S&LA had approximately $21.5M in total assets and $27.1M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1986

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 19, 1986 Lakeland State Bank Pequot Lakes, MN $49.4M
Dec 19, 1986 Farmers State Bank Lueders, TX $9.7M
Dec 18, 1986 First Bank & Trust Co. Booker, TX $94.9M
Dec 18, 1986 Landmark National Bank Denver, CO $12.9M
Dec 18, 1986 Lago Vista National Bank Lago Vista, TX $11.9M
Dec 12, 1986 Guaranty Federal Bank FSB Casper, WY $63.8M
Dec 12, 1986 First Savings of America Orland Park, IL $47.0M
Dec 9, 1986 The Citizens Bank of Windsor Windsor, MO $24.8M