Bank Failure
The First State Bank
Closed May 12, 1988 · Childress, TX · FDIC Cert #12295.
- Closing date
- May 12, 1988
- Headquarters
- Childress, TX
- FDIC Certificate
- 12295
- Total assets at closing
- $14.9M
- Total deposits at closing
- $14.6M
- Estimated loss to DIF
- $3.5M
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Citizens STB of Dalhart
Context
On May 12, 1988, regulators closed The First State Bank, headquartered in Childress, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $14.9M in assets and $14.6M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which Citizens STB of Dalhart acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $3.5M.
By assets at closing this is the 2544th largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 175th of 232 in 1988. 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 First State Bank fail?
The First State Bank was closed by regulators on May 12, 1988.
Who acquired The First State Bank?
Citizens STB of Dalhart acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on May 12, 1988 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.
How big was The First State Bank when it failed?
The First State Bank had approximately $14.9M in total assets and $14.6M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1988
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford | $12.5M |
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Southwest Bank | $9.8M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas National Bank | $37.7M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Center | $26.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Crescent City Bank & Trust Company | $24.0M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas Bank of Plano | $15.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Bogata | $13.2M |
| Dec 9, 1988 | Silverado S&LA | $2.32B |
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