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Bank Failure

Superior Federal Savings Bank

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Closed August 10, 1990 · Nacogdoches, TX · FDIC Cert #30893.

Closing date
August 10, 1990
Headquarters
Nacogdoches, TX
FDIC Certificate
30893
Total assets at closing
$80.2M
Total deposits at closing
$77.5M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$11.4M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On August 10, 1990, regulators closed Superior Federal Savings Bank, headquartered in Nacogdoches, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $80.2M in assets and $77.5M 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 $11.4M.

By assets at closing this is the 1338th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 169th 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 Superior Federal Savings Bank fail?

Superior Federal Savings Bank was closed by regulators on August 10, 1990.

How big was Superior Federal Savings Bank when it failed?

Superior Federal Savings Bank had approximately $80.2M in total assets and $77.5M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 28, 1990 Capitol Bank and Trust Company Boston, MA $485.6M
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Dec 14, 1990 Community FS & La St. Louis, MO $1.98B
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