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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

The Falun State Bank

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Assistance provided December 29, 1987 · Falun, KS · FDIC Cert #14094.

Assistance date
December 29, 1987
Headquarters
Falun, KS
FDIC Certificate
14094
Total assets at the time
$3.1M
Total deposits at the time
$3.1M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$50K
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Farmers State Bank

Context

On December 29, 1987, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to The Falun State Bank, headquartered in Falun, KS. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $3.1M in assets and $3.1M in deposits. The FDIC record names Farmers State Bank as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $50K.

The FDIC record for 1987 holds 217 failures and 45 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 The Falun State Bank?

The Falun State Bank received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 29, 1987; it did not fail.

How big was The Falun State Bank at the time of assistance?

The Falun State Bank had approximately $3.1M in total assets and $3.1M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank 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