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Bank Failure

American Pioneer Savings Bank

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Closed May 25, 1990 · Orlando, FL · FDIC Cert #32056.

Closing date
May 25, 1990
Headquarters
Orlando, FL
FDIC Certificate
32056
Total assets at closing
$1.61B
Total deposits at closing
$1.38B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$446.1M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On May 25, 1990, regulators closed American Pioneer Savings Bank, headquartered in Orlando, FL. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.61B in assets and $1.38B 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 $446.1M.

By assets at closing this is the 139th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 22nd 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 Pioneer Savings Bank fail?

American Pioneer Savings Bank was closed by regulators on May 25, 1990.

How big was American Pioneer Savings Bank when it failed?

American Pioneer Savings Bank had approximately $1.61B in total assets and $1.38B in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1990

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 28, 1990 Capitol Bank and Trust Company Boston, MA $485.6M
Dec 28, 1990 Southern FS New Orleans, LA $230.8M
Dec 28, 1990 First FS & La of Andalusia Andalusia, AL $38.7M
Dec 27, 1990 Enterprise Savings Bank, F.A. Chicago, IL $432.6M
Dec 21, 1990 Arkansas FSB Little Rock, AR $71.7M
Dec 15, 1990 Mid-America FS & La Columbus, OH $1.21B
Dec 14, 1990 Community FS & La St. Louis, MO $1.98B
Dec 14, 1990 Comfed Savings Bank Lowell, MA $1.40B