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Sooner Federal Savings Assoc.

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Closed November 16, 1989 · Tulsa, OK · FDIC Cert #28649.

Closing date
November 16, 1989
Headquarters
Tulsa, OK
FDIC Certificate
28649
Total assets at closing
$1.53B
Total deposits at closing
$1.15B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$152.8M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
First Gibraltar Bank, FSB

Context

On November 16, 1989, regulators closed Sooner Federal Savings Assoc., headquartered in Tulsa, OK. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.53B in assets and $1.15B in deposits. The FDIC record names First Gibraltar Bank, FSB as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $152.8M.

By assets at closing this is the 149th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 24th 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 Sooner Federal Savings Assoc. fail?

Sooner Federal Savings Assoc. was closed by regulators on November 16, 1989.

Who acquired Sooner Federal Savings Assoc.?

The FDIC record names First Gibraltar Bank, FSB as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Sooner Federal Savings Assoc.

How big was Sooner Federal Savings Assoc. when it failed?

Sooner Federal Savings Assoc. had approximately $1.53B in total assets and $1.15B 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
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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