Bank Failure
Sweetwater FS & La
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Closed August 22, 1990 · Rock Springs, WY · FDIC Cert #29499.
- Closing date
- August 22, 1990
- Headquarters
- Rock Springs, WY
- FDIC Certificate
- 29499
- Total assets at closing
- $11.6M
- Total deposits at closing
- $11.7M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $1.3M
- Insurance fund
- Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- First Security Bank
Context
On August 22, 1990, regulators closed Sweetwater FS & La, headquartered in Rock Springs, WY. At closing, the institution held approximately $11.6M in assets and $11.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names First Security Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $1.3M.
By assets at closing this is the 2708th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 358th 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 Sweetwater FS & La fail?
Sweetwater FS & La was closed by regulators on August 22, 1990.
Who acquired Sweetwater FS & La?
The FDIC record names First Security Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Sweetwater FS & La.
How big was Sweetwater FS & La when it failed?
Sweetwater FS & La had approximately $11.6M in total assets and $11.7M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1990
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1990 | Capitol Bank and Trust Company | $485.6M |
| Dec 28, 1990 | Southern FS | $230.8M |
| Dec 28, 1990 | First FS & La of Andalusia | $38.7M |
| Dec 27, 1990 | Enterprise Savings Bank, F.A. | $432.6M |
| Dec 21, 1990 | Arkansas FSB | $71.7M |
| Dec 15, 1990 | Mid-America FS & La | $1.21B |
| Dec 14, 1990 | Community FS & La | $1.98B |
| Dec 14, 1990 | Comfed Savings Bank | $1.40B |
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