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Bank Failure

Ensign Bank, FSB

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Closed August 31, 1990 · New York, NY · FDIC Cert #32181.

Closing date
August 31, 1990
Headquarters
New York, NY
FDIC Certificate
32181
Total assets at closing
$1.78B
Total deposits at closing
$1.47B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$628.5M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On August 31, 1990, regulators closed Ensign Bank, FSB, headquartered in New York, NY. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.78B in assets and $1.47B 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 $628.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 124th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 19th 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 Ensign Bank, FSB fail?

Ensign Bank, FSB was closed by regulators on August 31, 1990.

How big was Ensign Bank, FSB when it failed?

Ensign Bank, FSB had approximately $1.78B in total assets and $1.47B in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1990

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 28, 1990 Capitol Bank and Trust Company Boston, MA $485.6M
Dec 28, 1990 Southern FS New Orleans, LA $230.8M
Dec 28, 1990 First FS & La of Andalusia Andalusia, AL $38.7M
Dec 27, 1990 Enterprise Savings Bank, F.A. Chicago, IL $432.6M
Dec 21, 1990 Arkansas FSB Little Rock, AR $71.7M
Dec 15, 1990 Mid-America FS & La Columbus, OH $1.21B
Dec 14, 1990 Community FS & La St. Louis, MO $1.98B
Dec 14, 1990 Comfed Savings Bank Lowell, MA $1.40B