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Bank Failure

Altus FSB

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Closed May 17, 1991 · Mobile, AL · FDIC Cert #29002.

Closing date
May 17, 1991
Headquarters
Mobile, AL
FDIC Certificate
29002
Total assets at closing
$1.97B
Total deposits at closing
$1.15B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$71.2M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On May 17, 1991, regulators closed Altus FSB, headquartered in Mobile, AL. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.97B in assets and $1.15B in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a branch sale; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $71.2M.

By assets at closing this is the 112th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 16th of 268 in 1991. It falls in the period the record labels S&L / Banking Crisis (1980-1995), a period with 2,367 failures peaking at 530 in 1989.

Deregulation, interest-rate shocks, and commercial real estate blowups produced the worst US banking failure wave since the Depression. Resulted in FIRREA (1989) and the RTC.

Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.

Common questions

When did Altus FSB fail?

Altus FSB was closed by regulators on May 17, 1991.

How big was Altus FSB when it failed?

Altus FSB had approximately $1.97B in total assets and $1.15B in deposits at the time of failure.

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