Bank Failure
Phenix Fed. S & L Assoc.
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Closed March 9, 1989 · Phenix City, AL · FDIC Cert #32557.
- Closing date
- March 9, 1989
- Headquarters
- Phenix City, AL
- FDIC Certificate
- 32557
- Total assets at closing
- $150.3M
- Total deposits at closing
- $194.8M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $69.9M
- Insurance fund
- Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.
Context
On March 9, 1989, regulators closed Phenix Fed. S & L Assoc., headquartered in Phenix City, AL. At closing, the institution held approximately $150.3M in assets and $194.8M 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 $69.9M.
By assets at closing this is the 937th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 164th 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 Phenix Fed. S & L Assoc. fail?
Phenix Fed. S & L Assoc. was closed by regulators on March 9, 1989.
How big was Phenix Fed. S & L Assoc. when it failed?
Phenix Fed. S & L Assoc. had approximately $150.3M in total assets and $194.8M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1989
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1989 | Columbia FSA | $77.1M |
| Dec 21, 1989 | Silver Savings Assoc. | $32.2M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | First City National Bank and Trust | $39.5M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | United Community Bank | $32.3M |
| Dec 15, 1989 | First American Bank and Trust | $1.38B |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Yorkridge-Calvert Federal Savings | $585.8M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Louisiana Savings Assn. | $449.3M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | First Acadiana Bank | $46.8M |
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