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Peoples Savings Assoc.

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Closed March 9, 1989 · St. Joseph, MI · FDIC Cert #27812.

Closing date
March 9, 1989
Headquarters
St. Joseph, MI
FDIC Certificate
27812
Total assets at closing
$107.3M
Total deposits at closing
$109.4M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not available (the FDIC feed's figure of $5K is not consistent with a failure of this size)
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Peoples SB

Context

On March 9, 1989, regulators closed Peoples Savings Assoc., headquartered in St. Joseph, MI. At closing, the institution held approximately $107.3M in assets and $109.4M in deposits. The FDIC record names Peoples SB as the acquiring institution in the resolution.

By assets at closing this is the 1152nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 210th of 530 in 1989. 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 Peoples Savings Assoc. fail?

Peoples Savings Assoc. was closed by regulators on March 9, 1989.

Who acquired Peoples Savings Assoc.?

The FDIC record names Peoples SB as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Peoples Savings Assoc.

How big was Peoples Savings Assoc. when it failed?

Peoples Savings Assoc. had approximately $107.3M in total assets and $109.4M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 21, 1989 Columbia FSA Nassau Bay, TX $77.1M
Dec 21, 1989 Silver Savings Assoc. Silver City, NM $32.2M
Dec 20, 1989 First City National Bank and Trust New York, NY $39.5M
Dec 20, 1989 United Community Bank Westlake Village, CA $32.3M
Dec 15, 1989 First American Bank and Trust North Palm Beach, FL $1.38B
Dec 14, 1989 Yorkridge-Calvert Federal Savings Baltimore, MD $585.8M
Dec 14, 1989 Louisiana Savings Assn. Lake Charles, LA $449.3M
Dec 14, 1989 First Acadiana Bank Eunice, LA $46.8M