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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Security FS&LA

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Assistance provided October 1, 1985 · Alberquerque, NM · FDIC Cert #30922.

Assistance date
October 1, 1985
Headquarters
Alberquerque, NM
FDIC Certificate
30922
Total assets at the time
$169.1M
Total deposits at the time
$167.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$19.5M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Security FS&LA

Context

On October 1, 1985, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Security FS&LA, headquartered in Alberquerque, NM. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $169.1M in assets and $167.7M in deposits. The assistance went to the bank itself; no other institution acquired it. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $19.5M.

The FDIC record for 1985 holds 139 failures and 41 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 Security FS&LA?

Security FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on October 1, 1985; it did not fail.

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

Security FS&LA had approximately $169.1M in total assets and $167.7M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1985

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 20, 1985 First City Bank Glendale, CA $35.8M
Dec 20, 1985 State Bank of Frost Frost, MN $7.7M
Dec 19, 1985 Princeton State Bank Princeton, MO $18.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers State Bank Sargent, NE $12.5M
Dec 19, 1985 Bank of Panama Panama, NE $4.4M
Dec 19, 1985 Farmers & Merchants Bank Comstock, NE $3.3M
Dec 13, 1985 The First National Bank in Lincoln County Ruidoso, NM $32.0M
Dec 13, 1985 Lake National Bank Lake Ozark, MO $19.8M