Bank Failure
Western S&LA
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Closed September 12, 1986 · Dallas, TX · FDIC Cert #30438.
- Closing date
- September 12, 1986
- Headquarters
- Dallas, TX
- FDIC Certificate
- 30438
- Total assets (last filing before closing)
- $1.96B
- Total deposits (last filing before closing)
- $1.81B
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $2.34B
- Insurance fund
- Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Sunbelt Savings, FSB
Context
On September 12, 1986, regulators closed Western S&LA, headquartered in Dallas, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.96B in assets and $1.81B in deposits. The FDIC record names Sunbelt Savings, FSB as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $2.34B.
By total assets in its last filing before closing, this is the 113th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 1st of 162 in 1986. 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, in nominal dollars, and can differ from the balance on the closing day.
Common questions
When did Western S&LA fail?
Western S&LA was closed by regulators on September 12, 1986.
Who acquired Western S&LA?
The FDIC record names Sunbelt Savings, FSB as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Western S&LA.
How big was Western S&LA when it failed?
Western S&LA had approximately $1.96B in total assets and $1.81B in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1986
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 1986 | Lakeland State Bank | $49.4M |
| Dec 19, 1986 | Farmers State Bank | $9.7M |
| Dec 18, 1986 | First Bank & Trust Co. | $94.9M |
| Dec 18, 1986 | Landmark National Bank | $12.9M |
| Dec 18, 1986 | Lago Vista National Bank | $11.9M |
| Dec 12, 1986 | Guaranty Federal Bank FSB | $63.8M |
| Dec 12, 1986 | First Savings of America | $47.0M |
| Dec 9, 1986 | The Citizens Bank of Windsor | $24.8M |
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