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Bank Failure

First Central Federal Savings Bank

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Closed January 4, 1990 · Chariton, IA · FDIC Cert #30034.

Closing date
January 4, 1990
Headquarters
Chariton, IA
FDIC Certificate
30034
Total assets at closing
$112.8M
Total deposits at closing
$104.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$372K
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On January 4, 1990, regulators closed First Central Federal Savings Bank, headquartered in Chariton, IA. At closing, the institution held approximately $112.8M in assets and $104.9M 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 $372K.

By assets at closing this is the 1119th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 147th 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 First Central Federal Savings Bank fail?

First Central Federal Savings Bank was closed by regulators on January 4, 1990.

How big was First Central Federal Savings Bank when it failed?

First Central Federal Savings Bank had approximately $112.8M in total assets and $104.9M in deposits at the time of failure.

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