Data / Bank failures / 1988 / Stanford S&LA
Stanford S&LA, Palo Alto, CA: received FDIC assistance June 24, 1988
Stanford S&LA in Palo Alto, California, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on June 24, 1988. It held $73.5 million in assets and $79.8 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $17.1 million (23.3% of its assets). By assets it was the 225th largest of 470 banks closed or assisted in 1988.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- June 24, 1988
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Eureka FS&LA, San Carlos, CA
- Total assets
- $73,494,000
- Total deposits
- $79,825,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $17,139,000 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 32121
Other bank failures in California, 1986 to 1990
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far Western Bank | Tustin | December 14, 1990 | $154.3 million | $150.7 million | $23.9 million | |
| Liberty Federal Savings Bank | Montebello | November 16, 1990 | $53.8 million | $51.7 million | $3.3 million | Commerce NB |
| Rancho Bernardo Fed. Sav. Bank | San Diego | October 26, 1990 | $118.6 million | $113.1 million | $7.7 million | |
| First Pacific Bank | Beverly Hills | August 10, 1990 | $118.8 million | $113.2 million | $43.4 million | Commercial Center Bank |
| Charter Savings Bank | Newport | June 15, 1990 | $313.9 million | $280.4 million | $9.8 million | Pacific Heritage Bank |
| The Merchants Bank of California | Beverly Hills | June 8, 1990 | $62.4 million | $61 million | $3.4 million | Western Bank |
| Time FS & La | San Francisco | June 1, 1990 | $57.9 million | $53.9 million | $3.1 million | Sun SB, FSB |
| The Wilshire Bank, National Assoc | Los Angeles | May 31, 1990 | $24.8 million | $23.9 million | $3.4 million | Mid City Bank, National Ass |
Other failed banks Eureka FS&LA took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka FS&LA (assistance) | San Carlos | CA | June 21, 1985 | $1.57 billion | $1.36 billion | $453.3 million | Eureka FS&LA |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-24. 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.