Data / Bank failures / 1991 / Bell Federal Savings
Bell Federal Savings, Upper Darby, PA: failed March 15, 1991
Bell Federal Savings in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, failed on March 15, 1991. Meridian Bank of Reading, PA, took over its deposits. It held $850.6 million in assets and $734 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $197.3 million (23.2% of its assets). By assets it was the 39th largest of 271 banks closed or assisted in 1991.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- March 15, 1991
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Meridian Bank, Reading, PA
- Total assets
- $850,573,000
- Total deposits
- $733,980,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $197,296,177 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- RTC
- FDIC certificate
- 28791
Other bank failures in Pennsylvania, 1989 to 1993
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meritor Savings Bank | Philadelphia | December 11, 1992 | $4.13 billion | $2.91 billion | $360 | Mellon Bank National Ass |
| First Home Fsa | Pittsburgh | June 19, 1992 | $131.7 million | $129.3 million | $463,313 | First Home FSB, FSB |
| Home Unity Federal | Lafayette Hill | June 4, 1992 | $684.8 million | $632.3 million | $18.5 million | |
| Ukranian FS & La | Philadelphia | March 12, 1992 | $74.9 million | $72.6 million | $8.9 million | |
| Alpha Indian Rock FS & La | Philadelphia | February 28, 1992 | $7.2 million | $7.7 million | $2.8 million | Roxborough-Manayunk |
| The Bank of Brandywine Valley | West Chester | February 21, 1992 | $44.9 million | $47.3 million | $12.1 million | Wilmington Trust Co |
| Chase Savings & Loan | Philadelphia | November 22, 1991 | $46.9 million | $46 million | $10.4 million | United Bank of Philadelphia |
| Abraham Lincoln Fsa | Dresher | September 19, 1991 | $189.1 million | $167 million | $10.1 million |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. 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.