Data / Bank failures / 1987 / Western S&LA
Western S&LA, Salt Lake City, UT: received FDIC assistance March 24, 1987
Western S&LA in Salt Lake City, Utah, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on March 24, 1987. It held $392.7 million in assets and $360.8 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $478,000 (0.1% of its assets). By assets it was the 12th largest of 262 banks closed or assisted in 1987.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- March 24, 1987
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Crossland Savings FSB, Salt Lake City, UT
- Total assets
- $392,698,000
- Total deposits
- $360,780,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $478,000 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 30681
Other bank failures in Utah, 1985 to 1989
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainwest S & L Assoc. | Ogden | February 17, 1989 | $241.5 million | $227.5 million | $71.4 million | Mountainwest Financial |
| American S & La | Salt Lake City | February 17, 1989 | $2.18 billion | $1.39 billion | $152.5 million | Pacific First FSB |
| Deseret S & L Assoc. | Salt Lake City | February 10, 1989 | $159.3 million | $177.7 million | $88 million | Zions First NB |
| Tracy-Collins Bank & Trust Company (assistance) | Salt Lake City | December 30, 1988 | $213.3 million | $196 million | $88,207 | Continental Bank & Trust Co |
| Mountainwest S&LA | Ogden | September 21, 1988 | $284.5 million | $262.3 million | ||
| Sandy State Bank | Sandy | May 27, 1988 | $8.9 million | $8 million | $1.9 million | Zions First National Ban |
| Basin State Bank | Vernal | February 12, 1988 | $12 million | $11.5 million | $3.4 million | Zions First National Ban |
| Rocky Mountain State Bank | Salt Lake City | August 28, 1987 | $18.6 million | $17.9 million | $3 million | Citibank Utah |
Other failed banks Crossland Savings FSB took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliance FS&LA (assistance) | Rahway | NJ | November 2, 1988 | $64.3 million | $82.5 million | $11.4 million | Crossland Savings FSB |
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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.