# BELL FEDERAL SAVINGS

> **Failed bank** · UPPER DARBY, PA · failed 1991-03-15 · SL · FDIC cost $197M

## What happened

BELL FEDERAL SAVINGS of UPPER DARBY, PA was closed by state regulators on **1991-03-15**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **MERIDIAN BANK** (READING, PA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3041
- **FDIC Certificate:** 28791
- **FDIC FIN:** 2186
- **Bank name:** BELL FEDERAL SAVINGS
- **Location:** UPPER DARBY, PA
- **Failure date:** 1991-03-15
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1992-03-20
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $197M
- **Deposits at failure:** $734M
- **Assets at failure:** $851M
- **Acquiring bank:** MERIDIAN BANK (READING, PA)

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=BELL%20FEDERAL%20SAVINGS

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, BELL FEDERAL SAVINGS (FDIC ID 3041), failed 1991-03-15. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3041.

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