Bank Failure
Bank of Dallas
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Closed February 5, 1988 · Dallas, TX · FDIC Cert #18495.
- Closing date
- February 5, 1988
- Headquarters
- Dallas, TX
- FDIC Certificate
- 18495
- Total assets at closing
- $207.8M
- Total deposits at closing
- $202.7M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $70.6M
- Insurance fund
- FDIC insurance fund
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Deposit Guaranty Bank
Context
On February 5, 1988, regulators closed Bank of Dallas, headquartered in Dallas, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $207.8M in assets and $202.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Deposit Guaranty Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $70.6M.
By assets at closing this is the 758th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 31st of 232 in 1988. It falls in the period the record labels S&L / Banking Crisis (1980-1995), a period with 2,367 failures peaking at 530 in 1989.
Deregulation, interest-rate shocks, and commercial real estate blowups produced the worst US banking failure wave since the Depression. Resulted in FIRREA (1989) and the RTC.
Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.
Common questions
When did Bank of Dallas fail?
Bank of Dallas was closed by regulators on February 5, 1988.
Who acquired Bank of Dallas?
The FDIC record names Deposit Guaranty Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Bank of Dallas.
How big was Bank of Dallas when it failed?
Bank of Dallas had approximately $207.8M in total assets and $202.7M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1988
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford | $12.5M |
| Dec 16, 1988 | First Southwest Bank | $9.8M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas National Bank | $37.7M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Center | $26.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Crescent City Bank & Trust Company | $24.0M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | Texas Bank of Plano | $15.1M |
| Dec 15, 1988 | First National Bank in Bogata | $13.2M |
| Dec 9, 1988 | Silverado S&LA | $2.32B |
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