Bank Failure
Bell Federal Savings
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Closed March 15, 1991 · Upper Darby, PA · FDIC Cert #28791.
- Closing date
- March 15, 1991
- Headquarters
- Upper Darby, PA
- FDIC Certificate
- 28791
- Total assets at closing
- $850.6M
- Total deposits at closing
- $734.0M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $197.3M
- Insurance fund
- Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Meridian Bank
Context
On March 15, 1991, regulators closed Bell Federal Savings, headquartered in Upper Darby, PA. At closing, the institution held approximately $850.6M in assets and $734.0M in deposits. The FDIC record names Meridian Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $197.3M.
By assets at closing this is the 248th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 39th 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 Bell Federal Savings fail?
Bell Federal Savings was closed by regulators on March 15, 1991.
Who acquired Bell Federal Savings?
The FDIC record names Meridian Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Bell Federal Savings.
How big was Bell Federal Savings when it failed?
Bell Federal Savings had approximately $850.6M in total assets and $734.0M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1991
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1991 | North Ridge Bank | $94.3M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Investors FSB | $2.06B |
| Dec 13, 1991 | The Bank Mart | $578.2M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Merchants National Bank | $153.6M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Bank of East Hartford | $36.6M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Federal Finance & Mortgage, LTD | $7.7M |
| Dec 12, 1991 | Granite Co-Operative Bank | $103.8M |
| Dec 6, 1991 | Saybrook Bank and Trust Company | $77.3M |
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