Data / Bank failures / 1989 / First Fed. S & L of Southeast Mo.
First Fed. S & L of Southeast Mo., Cape Girardeau, MO: failed April 6, 1989
First Fed. S & L of Southeast Mo. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, failed on April 6, 1989. Cape Cty Bank of Cape Girar of Jackson, MO, took over its deposits. It held $385.1 million in assets and $332.1 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $33.4 million (8.7% of its assets). By assets it was the 76th largest of 534 banks closed or assisted in 1989.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- April 6, 1989
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Cape Cty Bank of Cape Girar, Jackson, MO
- Total assets
- $385,144,000
- Total deposits
- $332,070,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $33,436,614 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- RTC
- FDIC certificate
- 27775
Other bank failures in Missouri, 1987 to 1991
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Age Fsa | ST. Louis | August 23, 1991 | $9.2 million | $9.6 million | $1.9 million | Commerce Bank of ST. Louis |
| Home Savings Association | Kansas City | March 15, 1991 | $2.94 billion | $2.62 billion | $307.6 million | |
| Community FS & La | ST. Louis | December 14, 1990 | $1.98 billion | $2.28 billion | $305.9 million | Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. |
| Boonslick S & La | Boonville | November 2, 1990 | $70.2 million | $70.1 million | $2.9 million | |
| Gentry County Bank | Albany | May 24, 1990 | $42.3 million | $46.3 million | $5.6 million | Citizens National Bank |
| First Fed. Savings Bank & Trust | Independence | May 4, 1990 | $25.4 million | $21.1 million | $9.9 million | Bank 10 |
| Colonial S & La | Cape Girardeau | January 26, 1990 | $170.9 million | $157.4 million | $8 million | |
| ST. Louis County Savings Assoc. | Ferguson | January 11, 1990 | $85.8 million | $81.2 million | $9,713 | South Side NB in ST. Louis |
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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.