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Bank Failure

Columbia Savings & Loan Assn.

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Closed January 25, 1991 · Beverly Hills, CA · FDIC Cert #31062.

Closing date
January 25, 1991
Headquarters
Beverly Hills, CA
FDIC Certificate
31062
Total assets at closing
$5.36B
Total deposits at closing
$5.65B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$206.3M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On January 25, 1991, regulators closed Columbia Savings & Loan Assn., headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA. At closing, the institution held approximately $5.36B in assets and $5.65B 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 $206.3M.

By assets at closing this is the 37th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 7th 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 Columbia Savings & Loan Assn. fail?

Columbia Savings & Loan Assn. was closed by regulators on January 25, 1991.

How big was Columbia Savings & Loan Assn. when it failed?

Columbia Savings & Loan Assn. had approximately $5.36B in total assets and $5.65B in deposits at the time of failure.

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