# SUPERIOR BANK

> **Failed bank** · BIRMINGHAM, AL · failed 2011-04-15 · Savings bank · FDIC cost $281M

## What happened

SUPERIOR BANK of BIRMINGHAM, AL was closed by state regulators on **2011-04-15**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **SUPERIOR BANK, N.A.** (TAMPA, FL). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3920
- **FDIC Certificate:** 17750
- **FDIC FIN:** 10358
- **Bank name:** SUPERIOR BANK
- **Location:** BIRMINGHAM, AL
- **Failure date:** 2011-04-15
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2011-04-15
- **Charter type:** Savings bank
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $281M
- **Deposits at failure:** $2,736M
- **Assets at failure:** $2,977M
- **Acquiring bank:** SUPERIOR BANK, N.A. (TAMPA, FL)

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, SUPERIOR BANK (FDIC ID 3920), failed 2011-04-15. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3920.

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