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Bank Failure

Rocky Mountain State Bank

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Closed August 28, 1987 · Salt Lake City, UT · FDIC Cert #22222.

Closing date
August 28, 1987
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, UT
FDIC Certificate
22222
Total assets at closing
$18.6M
Total deposits at closing
$17.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$3.0M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Citibank Utah

Context

On August 28, 1987, regulators closed Rocky Mountain State Bank, headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. At closing, the institution held approximately $18.6M in assets and $17.9M in deposits. The FDIC record names Citibank Utah as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $3.0M.

By assets at closing this is the 2397th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 115th 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 Rocky Mountain State Bank fail?

Rocky Mountain State Bank was closed by regulators on August 28, 1987.

Who acquired Rocky Mountain State Bank?

The FDIC record names Citibank Utah as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Rocky Mountain State Bank.

How big was Rocky Mountain State Bank when it failed?

Rocky Mountain State Bank had approximately $18.6M in total assets and $17.9M 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