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Bank Failure

Southeastern Savings Bank

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Closed November 16, 1990 · Charlotte, NC · FDIC Cert #32344.

Closing date
November 16, 1990
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
FDIC Certificate
32344
Total assets at closing
$422.3M
Total deposits at closing
$367.6M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$23.6M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On November 16, 1990, regulators closed Southeastern Savings Bank, headquartered in Charlotte, NC. At closing, the institution held approximately $422.3M in assets and $367.6M 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 $23.6M.

By assets at closing this is the 436th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 55th of 381 in 1990. 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 Southeastern Savings Bank fail?

Southeastern Savings Bank was closed by regulators on November 16, 1990.

How big was Southeastern Savings Bank when it failed?

Southeastern Savings Bank had approximately $422.3M in total assets and $367.6M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1990

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 28, 1990 Capitol Bank and Trust Company Boston, MA $485.6M
Dec 28, 1990 Southern FS New Orleans, LA $230.8M
Dec 28, 1990 First FS & La of Andalusia Andalusia, AL $38.7M
Dec 27, 1990 Enterprise Savings Bank, F.A. Chicago, IL $432.6M
Dec 21, 1990 Arkansas FSB Little Rock, AR $71.7M
Dec 15, 1990 Mid-America FS & La Columbus, OH $1.21B
Dec 14, 1990 Community FS & La St. Louis, MO $1.98B
Dec 14, 1990 Comfed Savings Bank Lowell, MA $1.40B