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First Fs&La

Big Spring · assisted December 22, 1988 · FDIC certificate 29494

First Fs&La of Big Spring was given assistance by the FSLIC on December 22, 1988. The FDIC's list records an assistance transaction, not a closing. It opened on July 1, 1935, 53 years before. At its last report before that it held $129.3 million in assets and $113.2 million in deposits. At its largest in the FDIC's quarterly reports, on September 30, 1984, it held $342.4 million. The FDIC estimates that the FSLIC's fund lost $73.8 million on it.

1984-031988-09

Assets at the end$129.3 millionlast report before December 22, 1988

Deposits at the end$113.2 million

Estimated loss to the fund$73.8 millionFSLIC

Largest in the quarterly reports$342.4 millionSeptember 30, 1984

Equity to assets-18.9%September 30, 1988

Loans not being repaid17.5%noncurrent, September 30, 1988

Return on assets-16.86%a year's rate, September 30, 1988

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Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind Suite API. Source values and institutional identifiers are retained; formatting and normalization by Underfolio. No FDIC endorsement is implied. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.