# MESA FS & LA OF COLORADO

> **Failed bank** · GRAND JUNCTION, CO · failed 1989-03-09 · SL · FDIC cost $6M

## What happened

MESA FS & LA OF COLORADO of GRAND JUNCTION, CO was closed by state regulators on **1989-03-09**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank

Deposits were transferred to **MESA NB** (GRAND JUNCTION, CO). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 2180
- **FDIC Certificate:** 28354
- **FDIC FIN:** 6953
- **Bank name:** MESA FS & LA OF COLORADO
- **Location:** GRAND JUNCTION, CO
- **Failure date:** 1989-03-09
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1990-02-02
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $6M
- **Deposits at failure:** $109M
- **Assets at failure:** $117M
- **Acquiring bank:** MESA NB (GRAND JUNCTION, CO)

## Other banks MESA NB has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- VALLEY FEDERAL S & L ASSOC. (GRAND JUNCTION, CO) — failed 1989-03-09 — /failed-bank/2181

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=MESA%20FS%20%26%20LA%20OF%20COLORADO

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, MESA FS & LA OF COLORADO (FDIC ID 2180), failed 1989-03-09. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2180.

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