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Bank Failure

American Federal Savings Assoc.

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Closed February 9, 1990 · Des Moines, IA · FDIC Cert #29728.

Closing date
February 9, 1990
Headquarters
Des Moines, IA
FDIC Certificate
29728
Total assets at closing
$910.7M
Total deposits at closing
$817.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$23.5M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On February 9, 1990, regulators closed American Federal Savings Assoc., headquartered in Des Moines, IA. At closing, the institution held approximately $910.7M in assets and $817.9M 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 $23.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 233rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 34th of 381 in 1990. 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 American Federal Savings Assoc. fail?

American Federal Savings Assoc. was closed by regulators on February 9, 1990.

How big was American Federal Savings Assoc. when it failed?

American Federal Savings Assoc. had approximately $910.7M in total assets and $817.9M in deposits at the time of failure.

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