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Capitol Bank and Trust Company, Boston, MA: failed December 28, 1990

Capitol Bank and Trust Company in Boston, Massachusetts, failed on December 28, 1990. It held $485.6 million in assets and $442.3 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $205.9 million (42.4% of its assets). By assets it was the 48th largest of 382 banks closed or assisted in 1990.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
December 28, 1990
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
Total assets
$485,550,000
Total deposits
$442,317,000
Estimated cost to the FDIC
$205,878,269 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
BIF
FDIC certificate
19572

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Massachusetts, 1988 to 1992

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Heritage Bank for SavingsHolyokeDecember 4, 1992$1.29 billion$1.00 billion$24 millionFleet Bank of Ma NA
Guaranty-First Trust CompanyWalthamNovember 13, 1992$353.2 million$348.9 million$60.2 millionFleet Bank of Ma NA
Plymouth Five Cents Savings BankPlymouthSeptember 18, 1992$221 million$182.9 million$5.3 millionCitizens Bank of Ma
Attleboro Pawtucket SBPawtucketAugust 21, 1992$632.5 million$567.7 million$28.1 millionNew Bedford Inst for SVG
Winchendon Savings BankWinchendonAugust 14, 1992$65.2 million$64 million$7.3 millionAthol Savings Bank
Massachusetts Bank & Trust Co.BrocktonJuly 31, 1992$61.8 million$59.4 million$13.4 millionHaymarket Coop Bank
New England FsaWellesleyJuly 17, 1992$137.3 million$118.1 million$25.9 millionCambridgeport Bank
Olympic International Bank & TrustBostonJune 26, 1992$140.3 million$142.3 million$69.2 millionHaymarket Coop Bank

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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.