Bank Failure
Frontier Savings Association
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Closed December 14, 1990 · Las Vegas, NV · FDIC Cert #31126.
- Closing date
- December 14, 1990
- Headquarters
- Las Vegas, NV
- FDIC Certificate
- 31126
- Total assets at closing
- $252.4M
- Total deposits at closing
- $247.4M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- -$248K
- Insurance fund
- Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Bank of America, NV
Context
On December 14, 1990, regulators closed Frontier Savings Association, headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. At closing, the institution held approximately $252.4M in assets and $247.4M in deposits. The FDIC record names Bank of America, NV as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately -$248K.
By assets at closing this is the 640th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 81st 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 Frontier Savings Association fail?
Frontier Savings Association was closed by regulators on December 14, 1990.
Who acquired Frontier Savings Association?
The FDIC record names Bank of America, NV as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Frontier Savings Association.
How big was Frontier Savings Association when it failed?
Frontier Savings Association had approximately $252.4M in total assets and $247.4M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1990
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1990 | Capitol Bank and Trust Company | $485.6M |
| Dec 28, 1990 | Southern FS | $230.8M |
| Dec 28, 1990 | First FS & La of Andalusia | $38.7M |
| Dec 27, 1990 | Enterprise Savings Bank, F.A. | $432.6M |
| Dec 21, 1990 | Arkansas FSB | $71.7M |
| Dec 15, 1990 | Mid-America FS & La | $1.21B |
| Dec 14, 1990 | Community FS & La | $1.98B |
| Dec 14, 1990 | Comfed Savings Bank | $1.40B |
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