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Bank Failure

Preffered Savings and Loan

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Closed March 8, 1991 · High Point, NC · FDIC Cert #32340.

Closing date
March 8, 1991
Headquarters
High Point, NC
FDIC Certificate
32340
Total assets at closing
$224.5M
Total deposits at closing
$174.8M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$19.2M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Southern NB of NC

Context

On March 8, 1991, regulators closed Preffered Savings and Loan, headquartered in High Point, NC. At closing, the institution held approximately $224.5M in assets and $174.8M in deposits. The FDIC record names Southern NB of NC as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $19.2M.

By assets at closing this is the 703rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 84th 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 Preffered Savings and Loan fail?

Preffered Savings and Loan was closed by regulators on March 8, 1991.

Who acquired Preffered Savings and Loan?

The FDIC record names Southern NB of NC as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Preffered Savings and Loan.

How big was Preffered Savings and Loan when it failed?

Preffered Savings and Loan had approximately $224.5M in total assets and $174.8M in deposits at the time of failure.

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