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SAVINGS & LOANS - Business History of Institutions

Interesting Dates

December 2, 1816 - The first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business.

December 13, 1816 - The Provident Institution for Savings, the nation's first mutual savings bank, was chartered for operation.

July 3, 1819 - Bank of Savings in New York City opened In the northeast basement room of the "apartment" controlled by the American Society of Arts in the New York Institution or Old Alms House.

October 15, 1890 - W.R. Pettiford founded Alabama Penny Savings Bank in Birmingham, AL with $2,000 in capital; Alabama's first African American-owned bank , first of three banks in nation owned and operated by African Americans in the early 1900s.

April 6, 1909 - First credit union forms in US with passage of the first general state credit union act in the United States; April 15, 1909 - Massachusetts Credit Union Act became law; served as a basis for subsequent state credit union laws and the Federal Credit Union Act.

June 26, 1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed The Federal Credit Union Act; established Credit Unions.

March 15, 1985 - Ohio Governor Richard Celeste temporarily halted business at all of state's ailing thrifts; March 21 - allowed to reopen on with $750 cap on withdrawals (designed to prevent all-out assault on deposits); became one of largest fiscal crises of the 1980s: plagued by slow-downs in key sectors of the economy, thrifts across the country fell prey to bankruptcy.

September 5, 1988 - Robert M. Bass Group, backed by $2 billion in Federal aid and selected by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, acquired American Savings and Loan Association (Stockton, CA); nation's largest bankrupt thrift; most expensive bailout ever for a single savings and loan institution; 1984 - American reported 2nd quarter loss of $107.5 million, triggered a $6.8 billion run on deposits.

August 1989 - Congress enacted the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA); required American taxpayers to contribute to the bailout of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC); estimated at $124 billion in 1999.

November 27, 1991 - Both houses of the U.S. Congress approved legislation authorizing $70 billion in borrowing authority for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) because of the savings and loan failures.

(Abbey National Building Society), Berry Ritchie (1989). A Key to the Door: The Abbey National Story. (London, UK: Abbey National, 176 p.). Great Britain Building societies Abbey National Building Society history.

(Abbey National Building Society), Margaret Reid (1991). Abbey National: Conversion to PLC: The Inside Story of Abbey National's Conversion and Flotation. (London, UK: Pencorp Books, 193 p.). Abbey National Building Society.

(Bank for Savings), Charles Edward Knowles (1936). History of the Bank for Savings in the City of New York, 1819-1929. (New York, NY: The Bank for Savings, 197 p.). Bank for Savings in the City of New York.

(Boston Five Cents Savings Bank), George A. Kyle (1926). The Eighteen Fifties; Being a Brief Account of School Street, the Province House and the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. (Boston, MA: The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, 106 p.). Boston Five Cents Savings Bank; Province House (Boston, Mass.); Streets -- Massachusetts -- Boston; School Street (Boston, Mass.).

(Bowery Savings Bank), William Dana Orcutt (1934). The Miracle of Mutual Savings: as Illustrated by One Hundred Years of the Bowery Savings Bank. (New York, NY: Bowery Savings Bank, 126 p.). Bowery Savings Bank of New York.

(Bowery Savings Bank), Oscar Schisgall (1975). Out of One Small Chest: A Social and Financial History of the Bowery Savings Bank. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 312 p.). Bowery Savings Bank of New York.

(Co-operative Permanent Building Society), Albert Mansbridge (1934). Brick upon Brick: Co-operative Permanent Building Society 1884-1934. (London, UK: J.M. Dent & sons ltd., 236 p.). Co-operative Permanent Building Society; Savings and loan associations--Great Britain; Housing--Great Britain.

(Credit Foncier), Collectif sous la Direction d’Aline Raimbault et de Henri Heugas-Darraspen ... [et al.]; preface de Franc?ois Mitterrand (1994). Credit Foncier de France: Itineraire d’Une Institution. (Paris, FR: Editions du Regard, 282 p.). Credit foncier (Firm)--History; Credit Foncier de France--Histoire; Mortgages--France--History; Housing--France--Finance--History.

(Credit Foncier), Sudel Fuma. (2001). Un Exemple d’Imperialisme Economique dans une Colonie Francaise au XIXe Siecle: l’Ile de La Reunion et la Societe du Credit Foncier Colonial. (Paris, FR: Harmattan; Saint-Denis Messag: Universite de La Reunion, 156 p.). Credit foncier colonial--History; Land banks--Reunion--History--19th century; Agricultural credit--Reunion--History--19th century; Reunion--Economic conditions--19th century; Reunion--Economic policy--19th century; Reunion--Foreign economic relations--France; France--Foreign economic relations--Reunion.

(Credit Unions), J. Carroll Moody and Gilbert C. Fite (1984). The Credit Union Movement: Origins and Development, 1850-1970. (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 354 p. [2nd ed.]). Credit unions--United States--History.

(Credit Unions), Bill Sloan (1984). Where Credit Is Due: A History of the Credit Union Movement in Texas, 1913-1984. (Dallas, TX: Texas Credit Union League, 354 p.). Credit unions--Texas--History.

(Credit Unions), Lucia Featherstone and Eric Sandahl (1985). A Common Bond: Connecticut's Credit Unions, 1935-1985. (Wallingford, CT: Connecticut Credit Union League, 164 p.). Credit unions--Connecticut--History.

(Credit Unions), Shelly Tenenbaum (1993). A Credit to Their Community: Jewish Loan Societies in the United States, 1880-1945. (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 204 p.). Credit unions--United States--History; Jews--United States--Societies, etc.--History; Free loan societies--United States.

(Credit Unions), Gary Lewis (1996). People Before Profit: The Credit Union Movement in Australia. (Kent Town, South Aust.: Wakefield Press, 391 p.). Credit unions--Australia; Credit unions--Australia--History; Banks and banking, Cooperative--Australia; Banks and banking, Cooperative--Australia--History.

(Credit Unions), Charles Ferguson and Donal McKillop (1997). The Strategic Development of Credit Unions. (New York, NY: Wiley, 243 p.). Senior Lecturer (Ulster Business School). Credit unions--History; Credit unions--Great Britain. 

(Credit Unions), Ian MacPherson (1999). Hands Around the Globe: A History of the International Credit Union Movement and the Role and Development of World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (Madison, WI: World Council of Credit Unions, 186 p.). World Council of Credit Unions--History; Credit unions--History.

(Credit Unions), Laura Porter (2001). The Splendid Gift--: The California Credit Union League in the 20th Century. (Rancho Cucamonga, CA: California Credit Union League, 170 p.). California Credit Union League; Credit unions--California--History.

(Detroit & Northern Savings), Sandra Seaton Michel (1980). From the Peninsula South: The Story of Detroit & Northern Savings. (Hancock, MI: D & N Press, 241 p.). Detroit & Northern Savings--History.

(Dwelling House Savings and Loan), Robert A. Wauzzinski (2003). The Transforming Story of Dwelling House Savings and Loan: A Pittsburgh Bank's Fight Against Urban Poverty. (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 283 p.). Ball State University. Dwelling House Savings and Loan History; Savings and loan associations Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History; Housing Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Finance History; Urban renewal Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History. 

(East River Savings), Dorcas Elisabeth Campbell (1949). The First Hundred Years, The Chronicle of a Mutual Savings Bank. (New York, NY: East River Savings Bank, 105 p.). East River Savings Bank (New York, N.Y.); Savings banks -- New York (State) -- New York.

(Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis), Marion E. Cross (1949). Pioneer Harvest. (Minneapolis, MN: Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis, 18 p.). Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis.

(Financial Corporation of America), Michael A. Robinson (1990). Overdrawn: The Bailout of American Savings. (New York, NY: Dutton, 303 p.). Financial Corporation of America; Savings and loan associations -- California -- Corrupt practices.

(First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Minneapolis), Doniver A. Lund (1976). 50 Years, a History of First Federal, Minneapolis. (Minneapolis, MN: First Federal Savings and Loan Association, 95 p.). First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Minneapolis.

(Freedman's Savings and Trust), Carl R. Osthaus (1976). Freedmen, Philanthropy, and Fraud: A History of the Freedman's Savings Bank. (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 257 p.). Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.) -- History.

(Howard Savings Bank), Paul Luscombe (2003). Howard Powerless: The Rise And Fall Of The Howard Savings Bank. (Chatham, NJ: Pal Publishing Company, 238 p.). Former Senior Vice President of Morgan Stanley & Co. Howard Savings Bank; bank failures. 

(Lincoln Savings & Loan), Michael Binstein and Charles Bowden (1993). Trust Me: Charles Keating and the Missing Billions. (New York, NY: Random House, 420 p.). Keating, Charles H.; Lincoln Savings & Loan Association -- Corrupt practices; Savings and loan association failures -- California; Securities fraud -- United States.

(Montreal City and District Savings Bank), T. Taggart Smyth (1946). "The First Hundred Years": History of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank, 1846-1946. (Montreal, QU: Montreal City and District Savings Bank, 180 p.). Montreal City and District Savings Bank; Savings banks -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal; Banks and banking -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal.

(Peoples Savings Bank), Barry Provorse (1987). The PeoplesBank Story. (Bellevue, WA: Documentary Book Publishers Corp, 245 p.). Peoples Savings Bank--History; Peoples Bank and Trust Company--History; Peoples National Bank of Washington--History; Peoples Bancorporation--History; Banks and banking--Washington (State)--History.

(Philadelphia Saving Fund Society), James M. Willcox (1916). A History of the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, 1816-1916. (Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 239 p.). Philadelphia Saving Fund Society.

(Point Pleasant Federal Savings & Loan), Maye Smith and Faye Hudson with Leslie Whitaker (1997). Maye and Faye’s Building & Loan: The Story of a Remarkable Sisterhood. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 209 p.). Smith, Maye; Hudson, Faye; Point Pleasant Federal Savings & Loan--Biography; Bankers--West Virginia--Biography; Savings and loan associations--West Virginia.

(Provident Institution for Savings), Walter Muir Whitehill (1966). The Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston, 1816-1966: A Historical Sketch. (Boston, MA: Provident Institution for Savings, 122 p.). Provident Institution for Savings, Boston.

(Savings and Loan Bank), C. J. W. Eldridge and Edward H. Leete (1966). The Bank That Led the Way: Savings and Loan Bank of the State of New York; The First Fifty Years, 1915-1965. (New York, NY: Savings and Loan Bank of the State of New York, 268 p.). Savings and Loan Bank of the State of New York.

(Savings Banks Trust Company), Adolf Augustus Berle (1959). The Bank That Banks Built; The Story of Savings Banks Trust Company, 1933-1958. (New York, NY: Harper, 109 p.). Savings Banks Trust Company (New York).

(SB-Baltimore), Peter Lester Payne and Lance Edwin Davis (1976). The Savings Bank of Baltimore, 1818-1866: A Historical and Analytical Study (New York, NY: Arno Press, 188 p. [Reprint of 1956 ed.]

(Savings Bank of New London), Gertrude E. Noyes (1977). The Savings Bank of New London at 150, 1827-1977: Published in Commemoration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Savings Bank of New London. (New London, CT: The Bank, 11o p.). Savings Bank of New London, New London, Conn.--History.

(Savings Bank of South Australia), Greg McCarthy (2002). Things Fall Apart: A History of the State Bank of South Australia. (Melbourne, AU: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 267 p.). State Bank of South Australia--History; Savings Bank of South Australia--History; Banks and banking--Australia--South Australia--History; Bank failures--Australia--South Australia--History.

(Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association), Steven K. Wilmsen (1991). Silverado: Neil Bush and the Savings and Loan Scandal. (Washington, DC: National Press Books, 208 p.). Bush, Neil, 1955- ; Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association -- History; Savings and loan associations -- Colorado -- Denver -- Corrupt practices; Children of presidents -- United States -- Biography; Bank directors -- Colorado -- Denver -- Biography; Real estate development -- Colorado -- Denver.

(Texas Credit Union League), Bill Sloan (1984). Where Credit is Due: A History of the Credit Union Movement in Texas, 1913-1984. (Dallas, TX: Texas Credit Union League, 354 p.). Texas Credit Union League.

(TSB Group), Michael Moss and Iain Russell (1994). An Invaluable Treasure: A History of the TSB. (London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 336 p.). TSB Group plc--History; Savings banks--Great Britain--History; Banks and banking--Great Britain--History.

(Twin City Federal), Doniver A. Lund ; foreword by Harvey M. Kuhnley (1980). Billions for Homes: The TCF Story. (Minneapolis, MN: Twin City Federal, 191 p.). Twin City Federal--History.

(United States Savings Bank of Newark NJ), The Bank (1976). History of the United States Savings Bank of Newark, NJ. (Newark, NJ: The Bank, 92 p.). United States Savings Bank of Newark, N.J.

(Vernon S&L) James E. O'Shea (1991). The Daisy Chain: How Borrowed Billions Sank a Texas S&L (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 351 p.). Vernon Savings & Loan; Savings and loan associations--Corrupt practices--Texas; Savings and loan associations--Deregulation--Texas.

(West Bromwich Building Society), Carl Chinn (1999). From Little Acorns Grow: 150 Years of West Bromwich Building Society. (Studley, Warwickshire, UK: Brewin Books, 206 p.). West Bromwich Building Society--History; Building and loan associations--Great Britain--West Bromwich--History.

(West Newton Savings Bank), Edward Lee Marmon (1987). From the Back Room into Community Life: West Newton Savings Bank, 1887-1987. (Boston, MA: Graphic Chronologies, 76 p.). West Newton Savings Bank--History; Banks and banking--Massachusetts--Newton--History.

James Ring Adams (1990). The Big Fix: Inside the S & L Scandal: How an Unholy Alliance of Politics and Money Destroyed America's Banking System. (New York, NY: Wiley, 308 p.). Savings and loan associations -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- United States.

William K. Black (2005). The Best Way To Rob a Bank Is To Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry. (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 329 p.). Former Director of Litigation (Federal Home Loan Bank Board). Savings and loan associations--Corrupt practices--United States; Savings and loan association failures--United States; Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995. Control fraud.  

Kitty Calavita, Henry N. Pontell, Robert H. Tillman (1997). Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 263 p.). Savings and loan associations -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989- ; Commercial crimes -- United States.

Kathleen Day (1993). S & L Hell: The People and the Politics Behind the $1 Trillion Savings and Loan Scandal. (New York, NY: Norton, 416 p.). Savings and loan associations--Corrupt practices--United States; Savings and loan associations--Deregulation--United States; Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995; United States--Economic conditions--1981-.

Ned Eichler (1989). The Thrift Debacle. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 163 p.). Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)--History; Thrift institutions--United States--History--20th century; Banks and banking--United States--State supervision--History--20th century.

M. Manfred Fabritius and William Borges (1989). Saving the Savings and Loan: The U.S. Thrift Industry and the Texas Experience, 1950-1988. (New York, NY: Praeger, 161 p.). Savings and loan associations -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Savings and loan associations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Edward M. Gramlich with a foreword by Robert D. Reischauer (2007). Subprime Mortgages: America’s Latest Boom and Bust. (Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 120 p.). Former Federal Reserve Governor. Mortgage loans--United States. New mortgage market - loans at low interest rates, for little or no money down to low-income people pursuing American dream of homeownership. The resulting wave in home buying promised to stabilize neighborhoods and families, boost the economy, reduce crime. Less than fifteen years later,  subprime mortgage market has collapsed, threatening to take  rest of the housing sector with it. Author analyzes how subprime market emerged, why it is in crisis, how we can reform public policy to avert disaster; examination of rental market offers recommendations for shoring up what may be best housing option for some families. 

Martin Lowy (1991). High Rollers: Inside the Savings and Loan Debacle. (New York, NY: Praeger, 321 p.). Savings and loan associations -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Savings and loan associations -- Deregulation -- United States; Savings and loan associations -- United States -- State supervision.

David L. Mason (2004). From Buildings and Loans to Bail-outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1995. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 349 p.). Professor of History (Young Harris College). Savings and loan associations United States History; Savings and loan association failures United States History. 

J. Carroll Moody and Gilbert C. Fite (1984). The Credit Union Movement: Origins and Development, 1850-1970. (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 354 p. [2nd ed.]). Credit unions--United States--History.

Alan L. Olmstead (1976). New York City Mutual Savings Banks, 1819-1861. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 236 p.). Savings banks--New York (N.Y.)--History.

Stephen Pizzo, Mary Fricker, and Paul Muolo (1989). Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 443 p.). Savings and loan associations -- United States; Savings and loan associations -- Deregulation -- United States.

L. William Seidman (1993). Full Faith and Credit: The Great S & L Debacle and Other Washington Sagas. (New York, NY: Times Books, 300 p.). Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -- History; Resolution Trust Corporation (U.S.) -- History; Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989- ; Savings and loan associations -- State supervision.

Compiled by Pat L. Talley (1993). The Savings and Loan Crisis: An Annotated Bibliography. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 162 p.). Savings and loan association failures--United States--Bibliography; Savings and loan associations--United States--Bibliography; Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995--Bibliography.

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World Savings bank Institute                                          http://www.savings-banks.com                                                            1924 - International Savings Banks Institute was founded in Milan at the occasion of the First International Thrift Congress, organised by the Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde; 1994 - dissolved; June 9, 1994 - World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI) was established in Brussels to be managed by a World Savings Banks Institute - European Savings Banks Group (WSBI-ESBG) common secretariat.

1963 - The European Savings Banks Group was founded as the 'Savings Banks Group of the European Economic Community'; changed its name to European Savings Banks Group..


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