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Bank Failure

Colonial Federal Savings Assoc.

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Closed January 18, 1990 · Prairie Village, KS · FDIC Cert #31213.

Closing date
January 18, 1990
Headquarters
Prairie Village, KS
FDIC Certificate
31213
Total assets at closing
$136.4M
Total deposits at closing
$102.4M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$16.6M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
First Colonial Bank N.A.

Context

On January 18, 1990, regulators closed Colonial Federal Savings Assoc., headquartered in Prairie Village, KS. At closing, the institution held approximately $136.4M in assets and $102.4M in deposits. The FDIC record names First Colonial Bank N.A. as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $16.6M.

By assets at closing this is the 1007th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 128th 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 Colonial Federal Savings Assoc. fail?

Colonial Federal Savings Assoc. was closed by regulators on January 18, 1990.

Who acquired Colonial Federal Savings Assoc.?

The FDIC record names First Colonial Bank N.A. as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Colonial Federal Savings Assoc.

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

Colonial Federal Savings Assoc. had approximately $136.4M in total assets and $102.4M in deposits at the time of failure.

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