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Bank Failure

Colonial Federal Savings Assoc.

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Closed November 9, 1989 · Roselle Park, NJ · FDIC Cert #30190.

Closing date
November 9, 1989
Headquarters
Roselle Park, NJ
FDIC Certificate
30190
Total assets at closing
$427.1M
Total deposits at closing
$338.0M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$103.5M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On November 9, 1989, regulators closed Colonial Federal Savings Assoc., headquartered in Roselle Park, NJ. At closing, the institution held approximately $427.1M in assets and $338.0M 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 $103.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 433rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 73rd of 530 in 1989. 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 Colonial Federal Savings Assoc. fail?

Colonial Federal Savings Assoc. was closed by regulators on November 9, 1989.

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

Colonial Federal Savings Assoc. had approximately $427.1M in total assets and $338.0M in deposits at the time of failure.

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