Data / Bank failures / 1986 / American Diversified Savings Bank
American Diversified Savings Bank, Costa Mesa, CA: failed February 14, 1986
American Diversified Savings Bank in Costa Mesa, California, failed on February 14, 1986. It held $978.6 million in assets and $959 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $743.9 million (76% of its assets). By assets it was the 6th largest of 204 banks closed or assisted in 1986.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- February 14, 1986
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $978,635,000
- Total deposits
- $958,953,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $743,908,400 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 32006
Other bank failures in California, 1984 to 1988
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Savings Bank (assistance) | Concord | September 30, 1988 | $48.1 million | $43.4 million | $3.8 million | Tracy SAVINGS&LOAN Assn |
| American S&LA (assistance) | Stockton | September 7, 1988 | $30.16 billion | $15.41 billion | $5.37 billion | American Savings Bank FA |
| Homestate S&LA (assistance) | Hayward | August 26, 1988 | $182.1 million | $222.3 million | $45.7 million | Old Stone Bank of Ca A FSB |
| Westlake Thrift & Loan Association | Westlake Village | July 29, 1988 | $55.2 million | $51.2 million | $7.7 million | Independence Bank |
| First Security SB (assistance) | Pleasant Hill | July 21, 1988 | $176.5 million | $133.1 million | $44.6 million | Columbus Savings, A FS&LA |
| Stanford S&LA (assistance) | Palo Alto | June 24, 1988 | $73.5 million | $79.8 million | $17.1 million | Eureka FS&LA |
| Colonial Thrift & Loan Association | Culver City | April 15, 1988 | $26.8 million | $24 million | $4.6 million | Southern Pacific TH&L As |
| Balboa National Bank | National City | January 14, 1988 | $29.3 million | $29.4 million | $6.4 million |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.