Data / Bank failures / 1978 / Banco de Ahorro de Puerto Rico
Banco de Ahorro de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR: failed September 5, 1978
Banco de Ahorro de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, failed on September 5, 1978. It held $9.4 million in assets and $11.8 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 5th largest of 7 banks closed or assisted in 1978.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- September 5, 1978
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total assets
- $9,352,000
- Total deposits
- $11,831,000
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 19575
Other bank failures in Puerto Rico, 1976 to 1980
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banco Credito Y de Ahorro Ponceno | Ponce | March 31, 1978 | $712.5 million | $607.6 million | ||
| Banco Economias (assistance) | San German | September 2, 1977 | $190.3 million | $170 million |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-24. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.