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Bank Failure

Columbia Banking Fed.

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Closed June 12, 1992 · Rochester, NY · FDIC Cert #29855.

Closing date
June 12, 1992
Headquarters
Rochester, NY
FDIC Certificate
29855
Total assets at closing
$1.28B
Total deposits at closing
$1.08B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$40.6M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On June 12, 1992, regulators closed Columbia Banking Fed., headquartered in Rochester, NY. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.28B in assets and $1.08B 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 $40.6M.

By assets at closing this is the 172nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 21st of 179 in 1992. 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 Columbia Banking Fed. fail?

Columbia Banking Fed. was closed by regulators on June 12, 1992.

How big was Columbia Banking Fed. when it failed?

Columbia Banking Fed. had approximately $1.28B in total assets and $1.08B in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 18, 1992 The Rushville National Bank Rushville, IN $41.6M
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Dec 11, 1992 Meritor Savings Bank Philadelphia, PA $4.13B
Dec 11, 1992 Eastland Savings Bank Woonsocket, RI $515.3M
Dec 11, 1992 Eastland Bank Woonsocket, RI $85.4M
Dec 11, 1992 Sailors & Merchants B&T Co. Vienna, VA $34.8M
Dec 8, 1992 Palm Beach FSA Palm Beach Garden, FL $59.4M
Dec 4, 1992 Carteret FSB Madison, NJ $4.83B