Bank Failure
Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB
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Closed June 25, 1985 · Lake Providence, LA · FDIC Cert #28913.
- Closing date
- June 25, 1985
- Headquarters
- Lake Providence, LA
- FDIC Certificate
- 28913
- Total assets (last filing before closing)
- $278.3M
- Total deposits (last filing before closing)
- $269.1M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $156.2M
- Insurance fund
- Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Horizon FS&LA
Context
On June 25, 1985, regulators closed Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB, headquartered in Lake Providence, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $278.3M in assets and $269.1M in deposits. The FDIC record names Horizon FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $156.2M.
By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 590th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 10th of 139 in 1985. 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, in nominal dollars, and can differ from the balance on the closing day.
Common questions
When did Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB fail?
Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB was closed by regulators on June 25, 1985.
Who acquired Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB?
The FDIC record names Horizon FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB.
How big was Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB when it failed?
Sun Belt Federal Bank, FSB had approximately $278.3M in total assets and $269.1M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1985
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1985 | First City Bank | $35.8M |
| Dec 20, 1985 | State Bank of Frost | $7.7M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Princeton State Bank | $18.4M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Farmers State Bank | $12.5M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Bank of Panama | $4.4M |
| Dec 19, 1985 | Farmers & Merchants Bank | $3.3M |
| Dec 13, 1985 | The First National Bank in Lincoln County | $32.0M |
| Dec 13, 1985 | Lake National Bank | $19.8M |
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