# FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, FSB

> **Failed bank** · NEW ORLEANS, LA · failed 1985-05-10 · Savings bank · FDIC cost $52M

## What happened

FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, FSB of NEW ORLEANS, LA was closed by state regulators on **1985-05-10**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** A/A

Deposits were transferred to **FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, FSB** (NEW ORLEANS, LA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 991
- **FDIC Certificate:** 28448
- **FDIC FIN:** 1718
- **Bank name:** FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, FSB
- **Location:** NEW ORLEANS, LA
- **Failure date:** 1985-05-10
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1985-05-10
- **Charter type:** Savings bank
- **Resolution type:** A/A
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $52M
- **Deposits at failure:** $631M
- **Assets at failure:** $739M
- **Acquiring bank:** FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, FSB (NEW ORLEANS, LA)

## Other banks FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, FSB has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- SECURITY FED. S & L ASSOC. (PEORIA, IL) — failed 1989-08-17 — /failed-bank/2486

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=FIRST%20FINANCIAL%20BANK%2C%20FSB

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, FSB (FDIC ID 991), failed 1985-05-10. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/991.

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