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Bank Failure

Imperial Federal Savings Assoc.

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Closed February 23, 1990 · San Diego, CA · FDIC Cert #28517.

Closing date
February 23, 1990
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
FDIC Certificate
28517
Total assets at closing
$9.58B
Total deposits at closing
$6.62B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$203.1M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On February 23, 1990, regulators closed Imperial Federal Savings Assoc., headquartered in San Diego, CA. At closing, the institution held approximately $9.58B in assets and $6.62B 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 $203.1M.

By assets at closing this is the 20th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 1st 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 Imperial Federal Savings Assoc. fail?

Imperial Federal Savings Assoc. was closed by regulators on February 23, 1990.

How big was Imperial Federal Savings Assoc. when it failed?

Imperial Federal Savings Assoc. had approximately $9.58B in total assets and $6.62B in deposits at the time of failure.

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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
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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