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Mid-America FS & La

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Closed December 15, 1990 · Columbus, OH · FDIC Cert #28783.

Closing date
December 15, 1990
Headquarters
Columbus, OH
FDIC Certificate
28783
Total assets at closing
$1.21B
Total deposits at closing
$894.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not available (the FDIC feed's figure of $71K is not consistent with a failure of this size)
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
NBD Bank

Context

On December 15, 1990, regulators closed Mid-America FS & La, headquartered in Columbus, OH. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.21B in assets and $894.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names NBD Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution.

By assets at closing this is the 179th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 26th 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 Mid-America FS & La fail?

Mid-America FS & La was closed by regulators on December 15, 1990.

Who acquired Mid-America FS & La?

The FDIC record names NBD Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Mid-America FS & La.

How big was Mid-America FS & La when it failed?

Mid-America FS & La had approximately $1.21B in total assets and $894.3M 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 14, 1990 Community FS & La St. Louis, MO $1.98B
Dec 14, 1990 Comfed Savings Bank Lowell, MA $1.40B
Dec 14, 1990 Olympic Federal Savings Berwyn, IL $1.05B