Bank Failure
Valley Federal Savings
Closed March 9, 1989 · Roswell, NM · FDIC Cert #30427.
- Closing date
- March 9, 1989
- Headquarters
- Roswell, NM
- FDIC Certificate
- 30427
- Total assets at closing
- $180.6M
- Total deposits at closing
- $263.8M
- Estimated loss to DIF
- $161.1M
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: deposit payout.
Context
On March 9, 1989, regulators closed Valley Federal Savings, headquartered in Roswell, NM. At closing, the institution held approximately $180.6M in assets and $263.8M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a deposit payout; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $161.1M.
By assets at closing this is the 827th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 141st 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 Valley Federal Savings fail?
Valley Federal Savings was closed by regulators on March 9, 1989.
How big was Valley Federal Savings when it failed?
Valley Federal Savings had approximately $180.6M in total assets and $263.8M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1989
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1989 | Columbia FSA | $77.1M |
| Dec 21, 1989 | Silver Savings Assoc. | $32.2M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | First City National Bank and Trust | $39.5M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | United Community Bank | $32.3M |
| Dec 15, 1989 | First American Bank and Trust | $1.38B |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Yorkridge-Calvert Federal Savings | $585.8M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Louisiana Savings ASSN. | $449.3M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | First Acadiana Bank | $46.8M |
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