# GREAT AMERICAN FSA

> **Failed bank** · SAN DIEGO, CA · failed 1991-08-09 · Savings bank · FDIC cost $995M

## What happened

GREAT AMERICAN FSA of SAN DIEGO, CA was closed by state regulators on **1991-08-09**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **BRANCH SALE** (NONE, NA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3159
- **FDIC Certificate:** 28041
- **FDIC FIN:** 1279
- **Bank name:** GREAT AMERICAN FSA
- **Location:** SAN DIEGO, CA
- **Failure date:** 1991-08-09
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1994-05-13
- **Charter type:** Savings bank
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $995M
- **Deposits at failure:** $7,231M
- **Assets at failure:** $9,524M
- **Acquiring bank:** BRANCH SALE (NONE, NA)

## Other banks BRANCH SALE has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- WESTERN FSB (MARINA DEL RAY, CA) — failed 1993-06-04 — /failed-bank/3457
- PIONEER FS & LA (PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS) — failed 1993-04-02 — /failed-bank/3448
- SECOND NATIONAL, FSB (SALISBURY, MD) — failed 1992-12-04 — /failed-bank/3424
- CARTERET FSB (MADISON, NJ) — failed 1992-12-04 — /failed-bank/3422
- POLIFLY FS & LA (NEW MILFORD, NJ) — failed 1992-11-20 — /failed-bank/3417
- IRVING FB FOR SAVINGS (CHICAGO, IL) — failed 1992-11-20 — /failed-bank/3416
- FIRST FSB OF GEORGIA, FA (WINDER, GA) — failed 1992-11-06 — /failed-bank/3408
- HOMESTEAD FSA (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — failed 1992-10-30 — /failed-bank/3406
- STANDARD FSB (GAITHERSBURG, MD) — failed 1992-10-21 — /failed-bank/3385
- SECURITY FS & LA (JACKSON, MS) — failed 1992-10-16 — /failed-bank/3384

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=GREAT%20AMERICAN%20FSA

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, GREAT AMERICAN FSA (FDIC ID 3159), failed 1991-08-09. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3159.

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