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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

The New York BK for Savings

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Assistance provided March 26, 1982 · New York, NY · FDIC Cert #15901.

Assistance date
March 26, 1982
Headquarters
New York, NY
FDIC Certificate
15901
Total assets at the time
$3.50B
Total deposits at the time
$2.90B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$751.4M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
The Buffalo Savings Bank

Context

On March 26, 1982, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to The New York BK for Savings, headquartered in New York, NY. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $3.50B in assets and $2.90B in deposits. The FDIC record names The Buffalo Savings Bank as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $751.4M.

The FDIC record for 1982 holds 34 failures and 85 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 New York BK for Savings?

The New York BK for Savings received FDIC open-bank assistance on March 26, 1982; it did not fail.

How big was The New York BK for Savings at the time of assistance?

The New York BK for Savings had approximately $3.50B in total assets and $2.90B in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1982

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1982 The Security State Bank Mooreland, OK $11.6M
Dec 10, 1982 Bollinger County Bank Lutesville, MO $15.9M
Nov 19, 1982 North Kansas Sa Beloit, KS $36.5M
Nov 19, 1982 Ranchlander National Bank Melvin, TX $4.3M
Nov 12, 1982 Bank of Quitman Quitman, AR $17.4M
Nov 5, 1982 The First National Bank of South Charlesto South Charleston, WV $28.6M
Nov 5, 1982 Texas BK of Amarillo Amarillo, TX $13.1M
Nov 2, 1982 Cedar Bluff Bank Cedar Bluff, AL $13.7M