# FRONTIER SAVINGS & LOAN

> **Failed bank** · PONCA CITY, OK · failed 1988-08-31 · SL · FDIC cost $382M

## What happened

FRONTIER SAVINGS & LOAN of PONCA CITY, OK was closed by state regulators on **1988-08-31**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **COMMERCIAL FED BK A FSB** (OMAHA, NE). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 1900
- **FDIC Certificate:** 30146
- **FDIC FIN:** 6000
- **Bank name:** FRONTIER SAVINGS & LOAN
- **Location:** PONCA CITY, OK
- **Failure date:** 1988-08-31
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1993-10-09
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $382M
- **Deposits at failure:** $827M
- **Assets at failure:** $1,031M
- **Acquiring bank:** COMMERCIAL FED BK A FSB (OMAHA, NE)
- **FDIC comments:** Received FSLIC assistance, but FSLIC closed before resolved.  Resolved by SAIF in 1993.

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=FRONTIER%20SAVINGS%20%26%20LOAN

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, FRONTIER SAVINGS & LOAN (FDIC ID 1900), failed 1988-08-31. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/1900.

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