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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Union Dime Savings Bank

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Assistance provided December 18, 1981 · New York, NY · FDIC Cert #16051.

Assistance date
December 18, 1981
Headquarters
New York, NY
FDIC Certificate
16051
Total assets at the time
$1.45B
Total deposits at the time
$1.26B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$61.5M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
The Buffalo Savings Bank

Context

On December 18, 1981, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Union Dime Savings Bank, headquartered in New York, NY. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $1.45B in assets and $1.26B 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 $61.5M.

The FDIC record for 1981 holds 9 failures and 31 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 Union Dime Savings Bank?

Union Dime Savings Bank received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 18, 1981; it did not fail.

How big was Union Dime Savings Bank at the time of assistance?

Union Dime Savings Bank had approximately $1.45B in total assets and $1.26B in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1981

Date Bank HQ Assets
Oct 30, 1981 Midtown National Bank Pueblo, CO $10.6M
Oct 23, 1981 High Lakes Community Bank La Pine, OR $3.7M
Sep 25, 1981 Southwestern Bank Tucson, AZ $5.3M
Sep 8, 1981 First FS&LA of Rochester Rochester, NY $1.20B
Jun 19, 1981 Northwest Commerce Bank North Bend, OR $6.7M
May 18, 1981 Economy S&LA Chicago, IL $73.9M
Mar 17, 1981 Peoples Banking Company Boston, GA $8.4M
Mar 14, 1981 The Des Plaines Bank Des Plaines, IL $46.5M