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Bank Failure

First SB of Hempstead

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Closed September 14, 1990 · Hempstead, TX · FDIC Cert #32590.

Closing date
September 14, 1990
Headquarters
Hempstead, TX
FDIC Certificate
32590
Total assets at closing
$35.4M
Total deposits at closing
$30.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.7M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: deposit payout.

Context

On September 14, 1990, regulators closed First SB of Hempstead, headquartered in Hempstead, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $35.4M in assets and $30.9M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a deposit payout; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $1.7M.

By assets at closing this is the 1904th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 256th 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 SB of Hempstead fail?

First SB of Hempstead was closed by regulators on September 14, 1990.

How big was First SB of Hempstead when it failed?

First SB of Hempstead had approximately $35.4M in total assets and $30.9M in deposits at the time of failure.

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