$851M
total assets, December 31, 1990
Bell Savings Bank PaSa was a savings and loan in Upper Darby, PA. It failed on Mar 15, 1991, and Meridian Bank took over its deposits. At its last report it held $850.6 million in assets.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 · numbers as of December 31, 1990
This bank failed
- Failed on
- Mar 15, 1991
- Assets
- $851M
- Deposits
- $734M
- Estimated cost
- $197M
- Deposits went to
- Meridian Bank, Reading, PA
Total assets
$851M
-8.8% in a year · -2.6% in a quarter
Deposits
$734M
-7.2% in a year · -3.4% in a quarter
Loans
$670M
-12.9% in a year · -2.0% in a quarter
Profit so far
-$25.9M
Jan 1 to Dec 31, 1990
Capital ratio
1.61%
+1.61 pts in a year
Return on assets
-2.85%
-2.66 pts in a year
Facts
- Type
- Savings and loan
- Head office
- 9 South 69th Street, Upper Darby, PA, 19082
- County
- Delaware
- Established
- Jan 1, 1925
- Failed
- Mar 19, 1991
- Employees
- 290
- Id
- b28791
Quarter by quarter
March 31, 1984 to December 31, 1990
Assets, deposits and loans
Each quarter end, US dollars
Profit by quarter
Net income of each quarter, the last 12
Ratios
Percent. Return on assets and net interest margin are yearly rates.
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Questions and answers
How big is Bell Savings Bank PaSa?
$850.6 million in total assets and $734.0 million in deposits as of December 31, 1990, with assets down 8.8% from a year before. Its loans were $669.7 million.
Is Bell Savings Bank PaSa profitable?
No: it lost $25.9 million from January 1 to December 31, 1990. Its return on assets was -2.85% a year; about 1% is typical.
When did Bell Savings Bank PaSa fail?
Mar 15, 1991. Meridian Bank of Reading, PA took over its deposits. The estimated cost of the failure was $197.3 million.
Official public data from the reports every insured bank files each quarter. Profit so far runs from January 1 to the quarter end. Branch deposits are counted once a year, as of June 30. New quarters appear about two months after the quarter ends.