Bank Failure
Eastland Bank
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Closed December 11, 1992 · Woonsocket, RI · FDIC Cert #19725.
- Closing date
- December 11, 1992
- Headquarters
- Woonsocket, RI
- FDIC Certificate
- 19725
- Total assets at closing
- $85.4M
- Total deposits at closing
- $76.2M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- Not available (the FDIC feed's figure of $0 is not consistent with a failure of this size)
- Insurance fund
- Bank Insurance Fund (BIF)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Fleet National Bank
Context
On December 11, 1992, regulators closed Eastland Bank, headquartered in Woonsocket, RI. At closing, the institution held approximately $85.4M in assets and $76.2M in deposits. The FDIC record names Fleet National Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution.
By assets at closing this is the 1293rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 96th 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 Eastland Bank fail?
Eastland Bank was closed by regulators on December 11, 1992.
Who acquired Eastland Bank?
The FDIC record names Fleet National Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Eastland Bank.
How big was Eastland Bank when it failed?
Eastland Bank had approximately $85.4M in total assets and $76.2M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1992
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 1992 | The Rushville National Bank | $41.6M |
| Dec 18, 1992 | The Bremen State Bank | $2.7M |
| Dec 11, 1992 | Meritor Savings Bank | $4.13B |
| Dec 11, 1992 | Eastland Savings Bank | $515.3M |
| Dec 11, 1992 | Sailors & Merchants B&T Co. | $34.8M |
| Dec 8, 1992 | Palm Beach FSA | $59.4M |
| Dec 4, 1992 | Carteret FSB | $4.83B |
| Dec 4, 1992 | Second National, FSB | $1.57B |
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