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Bank Failure

Southwestern Federal Savings

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Closed November 30, 1989 · El Paso, TX · FDIC Cert #31601.

Closing date
November 30, 1989
Headquarters
El Paso, TX
FDIC Certificate
31601
Total assets at closing
$126.4M
Total deposits at closing
$114.8M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$63.0M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: deposit payout.

Context

On November 30, 1989, regulators closed Southwestern Federal Savings, headquartered in El Paso, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $126.4M in assets and $114.8M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a deposit payout; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $63.0M.

By assets at closing this is the 1057th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 194th 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 Southwestern Federal Savings fail?

Southwestern Federal Savings was closed by regulators on November 30, 1989.

How big was Southwestern Federal Savings when it failed?

Southwestern Federal Savings had approximately $126.4M in total assets and $114.8M 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
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Dec 14, 1989 First Acadiana Bank Eunice, LA $46.8M