Data / Bank failures / 1990 / The Seamen's Bank of Savings, FS
The Seamen's Bank of Savings, FS, New York, NY: failed April 18, 1990
The Seamen's Bank of Savings, FS in New York, New York, failed on April 18, 1990. The Chase Manhattan Bank(na of New York, NY, took over its deposits. It held $3.39 billion in assets and $2.14 billion in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $148 million (4.4% of its assets). By assets it was the 12th largest of 382 banks closed or assisted in 1990.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- April 18, 1990
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- The Chase Manhattan Bank(na, New York, NY
- Total assets
- $3,391,988,000
- Total deposits
- $2,141,918,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $148,041,779 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings bank
- Insurance fund
- BIF
- FDIC certificate
- 16070
Other bank failures in New York, 1988 to 1992
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First New York Bank for Business | New York | November 13, 1992 | $530.7 million | $498.9 million | $164.6 million | Merchants Bank of New Yo |
| The Union Savings Bank | Patchogue | August 28, 1992 | $491.1 million | $529.5 million | $133.9 million | Home Federal Savings Ban |
| Columbia Banking Fed. | Rochester | June 12, 1992 | $1.28 billion | $1.08 billion | $40.6 million | |
| Riverhead Savings Bank | Riverhead | June 12, 1992 | $388.8 million | $316.6 million | Bank of New York | |
| American Savings Bank | White Plains | June 12, 1992 | $3.20 billion | $2.83 billion | $431.3 million | First Fidelity Bank NA N |
| Dollar Dry Dock Bank | White Plains | February 21, 1992 | $4.03 billion | $3.73 billion | $309.1 million | Emigrant Savings Bank |
| Crossland Savings Bank, FSB | Brooklyn | January 24, 1992 | $7.43 billion | $5.51 billion | $753.4 million | Public Stock Sale |
| American National Bank of New York | Fleischmanns | January 24, 1992 | $18 million | $17.8 million | $3.6 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.