Skip to main content

Bank Failure

Louisiana Federal Savings Bank

Closed November 9, 1990 · Kenner, LA · FDIC Cert #32234.

Closing date
November 9, 1990
Headquarters
Kenner, LA
FDIC Certificate
32234
Total assets at closing
$58.8M
Total deposits at closing
$50.5M
Estimated loss to DIF
$9.5M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: deposit payout.

Context

On November 9, 1990, regulators closed Louisiana Federal Savings Bank, headquartered in Kenner, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $58.8M in assets and $50.5M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a deposit payout; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $9.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 1535th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 201st 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 Louisiana Federal Savings Bank fail?

Louisiana Federal Savings Bank was closed by regulators on November 9, 1990.

How big was Louisiana Federal Savings Bank when it failed?

Louisiana Federal Savings Bank had approximately $58.8M in total assets and $50.5M 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