Data / Bank failures / 1981 / Lafayette FS&LA
Lafayette FS&LA, Warson Woods, MO: received FDIC assistance October 2, 1981
Lafayette FS&LA in Warson Woods, Missouri, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on October 2, 1981. It held $416.5 million in assets and $253.7 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $799.3 million (191.9% of its assets). By assets it was the 12th largest of 40 banks closed or assisted in 1981.
SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads the FDIC failed bank data every morning, and this page is that reading. Ask for the banks you follow and each new closure arrives in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as the FDIC announces it.
The FDIC's record
- Closed
- October 2, 1981
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- United Postal, ST Louis, MO
- Total assets
- $416,460,415
- Total deposits
- $253,734,210
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $799,330,000 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 28604
Other bank failures in Missouri, 1979 to 1983
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemian S&LA (assistance) | ST. Louis | December 1, 1983 | $168.6 million | $173.2 million | $2.5 million | Bohemian S&LA |
| Gibraltar S&LA (assistance) | Maplewood | August 12, 1983 | $48.9 million | $43.7 million | $2 million | Roosevelt FS&LA |
| Northwestern S&LA (assistance) | Normandy | April 11, 1983 | $82.5 million | $69.3 million | $11.9 million | Roosevelt FS&LA |
| Carondelet S&LA Also Case 115 (assistance) | ST. Louis | February 28, 1983 | $740.6 million | $645.6 million | $51.3 million | Community FS&LA |
| First FS&LA of Moberly (assistance) | Moberly | February 28, 1983 | $38.7 million | $30 million | $2.3 million | Community FS&LA |
| The Madison County Bank | Fredericktown | January 21, 1983 | $7 million | $6.8 million | $729,623 | Madison Exchange Bank |
| Bollinger County Bank | Lutesville | December 10, 1982 | $15.9 million | $14.6 million | $1.6 million | Security BK Bollinger CN |
| Tri-Lakes FS&LA (assistance) | Branson | July 15, 1982 | $13.9 million | $12.8 million | $700,000 | Great Southern S&LA |
All bank failures in 1981 · All bank failures in Missouri · The full failed bank list
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.