Bank Failure
United FS & La
Closed May 31, 1991 · Smyrna, GA · FDIC Cert #31274.
- Closing date
- May 31, 1991
- Headquarters
- Smyrna, GA
- FDIC Certificate
- 31274
- Total assets at closing
- $119.3M
- Total deposits at closing
- $106.0M
- Estimated loss to DIF
- $11.0M
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.
Context
On May 31, 1991, regulators closed United FS & La, headquartered in Smyrna, GA. At closing, the institution held approximately $119.3M in assets and $106.0M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a branch sale; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $11.0M.
By assets at closing this is the 1087th largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 114th of 268 in 1991. 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 United FS & La fail?
United FS & La was closed by regulators on May 31, 1991.
How big was United FS & La when it failed?
United FS & La had approximately $119.3M in total assets and $106.0M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1991
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1991 | North Ridge Bank | $94.3M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Investors FSB | $2.06B |
| Dec 13, 1991 | The Bank Mart | $578.2M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Merchants National Bank | $153.6M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Bank of East Hartford | $36.6M |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Federal Finance & Mortgage, LTD | $7.7M |
| Dec 12, 1991 | Granite Co-Operative Bank | $103.8M |
| Dec 6, 1991 | Saybrook Bank and Trust Company | $77.3M |
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