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Bank Failure

Silver Savings Assoc.

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Closed December 21, 1989 · Silver City, NM · FDIC Cert #31911.

Closing date
December 21, 1989
Headquarters
Silver City, NM
FDIC Certificate
31911
Total assets at closing
$32.2M
Total deposits at closing
$27.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$7.3M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
First New Mexico Bank

Context

On December 21, 1989, regulators closed Silver Savings Assoc., headquartered in Silver City, NM. At closing, the institution held approximately $32.2M in assets and $27.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names First New Mexico Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $7.3M.

By assets at closing this is the 1992nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 382nd 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 Silver Savings Assoc. fail?

Silver Savings Assoc. was closed by regulators on December 21, 1989.

Who acquired Silver Savings Assoc.?

The FDIC record names First New Mexico Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Silver Savings Assoc.

How big was Silver Savings Assoc. when it failed?

Silver Savings Assoc. had approximately $32.2M in total assets and $27.7M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1989

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 21, 1989 Columbia FSA Nassau Bay, TX $77.1M
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
Dec 14, 1989 Canyon Lake Bank Canyon Lake, TX $31.0M