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Wilshire FS & La

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Closed January 11, 1990 · Los Angeles, CA · FDIC Cert #32191.

Closing date
January 11, 1990
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
FDIC Certificate
32191
Total assets at closing
$78.1M
Total deposits at closing
$77.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$9.1M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: deposit payout.

Context

On January 11, 1990, regulators closed Wilshire FS & La, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. At closing, the institution held approximately $78.1M in assets and $77.3M 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 $9.1M.

By assets at closing this is the 1351st largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 172nd 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 Wilshire FS & La fail?

Wilshire FS & La was closed by regulators on January 11, 1990.

How big was Wilshire FS & La when it failed?

Wilshire FS & La had approximately $78.1M in total assets and $77.3M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
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Dec 14, 1990 Community FS & La St. Louis, MO $1.98B
Dec 14, 1990 Comfed Savings Bank Lowell, MA $1.40B