# SENTINEL FS & LA

> **Failed bank** · PHOENIX, AZ · failed 1990-02-02 · SL · FDIC cost $39M

## What happened

SENTINEL FS & LA of PHOENIX, AZ was closed by state regulators on **1990-02-02**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank

Deposits were transferred to **BILTMORE INVESTORS BANK, NA** (PHOENIX, AZ). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 2645
- **FDIC Certificate:** 32261
- **FDIC FIN:** 7073
- **Bank name:** SENTINEL FS & LA
- **Location:** PHOENIX, AZ
- **Failure date:** 1990-02-02
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1990-06-15
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $39M
- **Deposits at failure:** $171M
- **Assets at failure:** $175M
- **Acquiring bank:** BILTMORE INVESTORS BANK, NA (PHOENIX, AZ)

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=SENTINEL%20FS%20%26%20LA

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, SENTINEL FS & LA (FDIC ID 2645), failed 1990-02-02. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2645.

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