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Sunbelt FS&LA

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Closed August 20, 1987 · Watonga, OK · FDIC Cert #31778.

Closing date
August 20, 1987
Headquarters
Watonga, OK
FDIC Certificate
31778
Total assets at closing
$65.5M
Total deposits at closing
$60.1M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$35.4M
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Chisholm FS&LA

Context

On August 20, 1987, regulators closed Sunbelt FS&LA, headquartered in Watonga, OK. At closing, the institution held approximately $65.5M in assets and $60.1M in deposits. The FDIC record names Chisholm FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $35.4M.

By assets at closing this is the 1464th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 45th 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 Sunbelt FS&LA fail?

Sunbelt FS&LA was closed by regulators on August 20, 1987.

Who acquired Sunbelt FS&LA?

The FDIC record names Chisholm FS&LA as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Sunbelt FS&LA.

How big was Sunbelt FS&LA when it failed?

Sunbelt FS&LA had approximately $65.5M in total assets and $60.1M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Dec 18, 1987 First State Bank at Shoshoni Shoshoni, WY $4.6M
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Dec 17, 1987 American Bank of Commerce Lake Charles, LA $35.5M
Dec 11, 1987 First Interstate Bank of Alaska Anchorage, AK $367.7M
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Dec 10, 1987 Heritage National Bank Austin, TX $53.2M
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