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Bank Failure

Plymouth FSA

Closed September 27, 1991 · Plymouth, MA · FDIC Cert #29460.

Closing date
September 27, 1991
Headquarters
Plymouth, MA
FDIC Certificate
29460
Total assets at closing
$174.7M
Total deposits at closing
$137.8M
Estimated loss to DIF
$20.1M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On September 27, 1991, regulators closed Plymouth FSA, headquartered in Plymouth, MA. At closing, the institution held approximately $174.7M in assets and $137.8M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a branch sale; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $20.1M.

By assets at closing this is the 844th largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 94th of 268 in 1991. 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 Plymouth FSA fail?

Plymouth FSA was closed by regulators on September 27, 1991.

How big was Plymouth FSA when it failed?

Plymouth FSA had approximately $174.7M in total assets and $137.8M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
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