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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

Washington FS&LA

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Assistance provided March 1, 1980 · University Heights, OH · FDIC Cert #30928.

Assistance date
March 1, 1980
Headquarters
University Heights, OH
FDIC Certificate
30928
Total assets at the time
$376.4M
Total deposits at the time
$176.5M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this transaction)
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
Broadview Savings&loan Co

Context

On March 1, 1980, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to Washington FS&LA, headquartered in University Heights, OH. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $376.4M in assets and $176.5M in deposits. The FDIC record names Broadview Savings&loan Co as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction.

The FDIC record for 1980 holds 10 failures and 12 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 Washington FS&LA?

Washington FS&LA received FDIC open-bank assistance on March 1, 1980; it did not fail.

How big was Washington FS&LA at the time of assistance?

Washington FS&LA had approximately $376.4M in total assets and $176.5M in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank failures in 1980

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 31, 1980 East Gadsden Bank Gadsden, AL $44.0M
Nov 21, 1980 Citizens State BK of Galena Galena, KS $10.3M
Oct 11, 1980 The Rochelle BK & TR Co. Rochelle, IL $8.4M
Sep 12, 1980 The Metro BK of Huntington, Inc. Huntington, WV $27.0M
Aug 8, 1980 The Mission State BK & TR Co. Mission, KS $86.4M
Jun 28, 1980 City & County BK of Campbell CTY Jellico, TN $39.8M
Jun 4, 1980 The Citizens State Bank Viola, KS $2.0M
Feb 16, 1980 Mohawk BK & TR Co. Greenfield, MA $5.9M