Data / Bank failures / 1989 / Cook County FS&LA
Cook County FS&LA, Chicago, IL: received FDIC assistance February 3, 1989
Cook County FS&LA in Chicago, Illinois, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on February 3, 1989. It held $164 million in assets and $171 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $55.1 million (33.6% of its assets). By assets it was the 154th largest of 534 banks closed or assisted in 1989.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- February 3, 1989
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Cook County FS&LA, Chicago, IL
- Total assets
- $164,016,000
- Total deposits
- $170,962,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $55,136,230 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 29752
Other bank failures in Illinois, 1987 to 1991
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western FS & La | Clenview | November 22, 1991 | $33.2 million | $26.4 million | $1.8 million | Devon Bank |
| United Savings of America | Chicago | September 27, 1991 | $1.16 billion | $1.07 billion | $63.5 million | First NB of Chicago |
| First Bank and Trust (assistance) | Harrisburg | September 16, 1991 | $26.6 million | $26.2 million | $626,895 | First Bank and Trust |
| Cooperative FSB | Westmont | July 19, 1991 | $74.9 million | $47 million | $1,159 | Heritage Glenwood Bank |
| The Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago | Chicago | May 17, 1991 | $110.1 million | $108.5 million | $14.9 million | Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust |
| Capitol Federal Bank for Savings | Chicago | May 10, 1991 | $39.3 million | $33.4 million | Columbia NB of Chicago | |
| Century Federal Savings | Chicago | May 3, 1991 | $25.9 million | $24.4 million | $1.3 million | Metropolitan B&TC |
| First Savings of Zion | Zion | April 5, 1991 | $63.2 million | $60.6 million | $6.2 million | Advantage Bank |
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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.