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Bank failure · CA

Mercury Savings (Huntington Beach, CA) — failed February 23, 1990

Mercury Savings of Huntington Beach, California was closed on February 23, 1990 and resolved through a purchase and assumption. Security Pacific Nb, NA (CA) took over its insured deposits. At failure it held $2.2B in assets and $1.8B in deposits. The FDIC's estimated loss on the failure is $15.7M (0.7% of assets).

Closing date
February 23, 1990
FDIC certificate #
31273
Resolution
Purchase and assumption (failure)
Acquiring institution
Security Pacific Nb, NA
Insurance fund
RTC

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