Data / Bank failures / 1982 / Heritage FS&LA
Heritage FS&LA, Bossier City, LA: received FDIC assistance October 1, 1982
Heritage FS&LA in Bossier City, Louisiana, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on October 1, 1982. It held $71 million in assets and $47.2 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $2 million (2.8% of its assets). By assets it was the 58th largest of 119 banks closed or assisted in 1982.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- October 1, 1982
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Dixie FS&LA, New Orleans, LA
- Total assets
- $70,959,122
- Total deposits
- $47,197,050
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $1,977,109 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 31365
Other bank failures in Louisiana, 1980 to 1984
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planters Trust & Savings Bank of Opelousas | Opelousas | May 18, 1984 | $71.4 million | $66.4 million | $28.8 million | First NB of ST Landry Pa |
| Metro FS&LA | Lake Charles | December 2, 1983 | $27.4 million | $18.5 million | $10.9 million | |
| Security S&LA (assistance) | Ville Platte | September 30, 1983 | $26.5 million | $25.1 million | $329,201 | Pelican Homestead & Sa |
| Bastrop FS&LA (assistance) | Bastrop | September 30, 1983 | $32.9 million | $32.5 million | $983,152 | Pelican FS&LA |
| Continental S&LA (assistance) | New Orleans | May 31, 1983 | $40 million | $28.6 million | $2.9 million | South SAVINGS&LOAN Assn |
| Leader S&LA (assistance) | Monroe | March 4, 1983 | $229.8 million | $139.8 million | $8 million | Pelican Homestead S&LA |
| Union FS&LA (assistance) | Pineville | October 1, 1982 | $29.1 million | $25 million | $1.5 million | Pelican Homestead & Sa |
| Dixie FS&LA (assistance) | New Orleans | October 1, 1982 | $539 million | $433.8 million | $19 million | Dixie FS&LA |
Other failed banks Dixie FS&LA took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie FS&LA (assistance) | New Orleans | LA | October 1, 1982 | $539 million | $433.8 million | $19 million | Dixie FS&LA |
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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.