$1.7B
total assets, September 30, 1986
Firstsouth, FA was a savings and loan in Pine Bluff, AR. It failed on Dec 5, 1986, and Home FS&LA took over its deposits. At its last report it held $1.7 billion in assets.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 · numbers as of September 30, 1986
This bank failed
- Failed on
- Dec 5, 1986
- Assets
- $1.7B
- Deposits
- $1.5B
- Estimated cost
- $1.7B
- Deposits went to
- Home FS&LA, Kansas City, MO
Total assets
$1.7B
+4.8% in a year · +1.7% in a quarter
Deposits
$1.5B
+11.8% in a year · +0.5% in a quarter
Loans
$1.3B
+8.4% in a year · -0.1% in a quarter
Profit so far
-$138M
Jan 1 to Sep 30, 1986 · -5122.0% in a year
Capital ratio
0.00%
0.00 pts in a year
Return on assets
-10.86%
-11.10 pts in a year
Facts
- Type
- Savings and loan
- Head office
- 121 West 6th St, Pine Bluff, AR, 71601
- County
- Jefferson
- Established
- Jul 1, 1934
- Failed
- Dec 5, 1986
- Id
- b29048
Quarter by quarter
March 31, 1984 to September 30, 1986
Assets, deposits and loans
Each quarter end, US dollars
Profit by quarter
Net income of each quarter, the last 11
Ratios
Percent. Return on assets and net interest margin are yearly rates.
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Questions and answers
How big is Firstsouth, FA?
$1.7 billion in total assets and $1.5 billion in deposits as of September 30, 1986, with assets up 4.8% from a year before. Its loans were $1.3 billion.
Is Firstsouth, FA profitable?
No: it lost $137.8 million from January 1 to September 30, 1986. Its return on assets was -10.86% a year; about 1% is typical.
When did Firstsouth, FA fail?
Dec 5, 1986. Home FS&LA of Kansas City, MO took over its deposits. The estimated cost of the failure was $1.7 billion.
Official public data from the reports every insured bank files each quarter. Profit so far runs from January 1 to the quarter end. Branch deposits are counted once a year, as of June 30. New quarters appear about two months after the quarter ends.