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Commonwealth Federal S & L (Fort Lauderdale, FL) — failed July 20, 1989

Commonwealth Federal S & L of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was closed on July 20, 1989 and resolved through a purchase and assumption. Branch Sale (NA) took over its insured deposits. At failure it held $1.6B in assets and $1.2B in deposits. The FDIC's estimated loss on the failure is $315.2M (20.0% of assets).

Closing date
July 20, 1989
FDIC certificate #
32076
Resolution
Purchase and assumption (failure)
Acquiring institution
Branch Sale
Insurance fund
RTC

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