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Bank Failure

First City, Texas - Houston, N.A.

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Closed October 30, 1992 · Houston, TX · FDIC Cert #13702.

Closing date
October 30, 1992
Headquarters
Houston, TX
FDIC Certificate
13702
Total assets at closing
$2.80B
Total deposits at closing
$2.52B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this failure)
Insurance fund
Bank Insurance Fund (BIF)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Texas Commerce Bancshares

Context

On October 30, 1992, regulators closed First City, Texas - Houston, N.A., headquartered in Houston, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $2.80B in assets and $2.52B in deposits. The FDIC record names Texas Commerce Bancshares as the acquiring institution in the resolution.

By assets at closing this is the 83rd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 10th of 179 in 1992. 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 First City, Texas - Houston, N.A. fail?

First City, Texas - Houston, N.A. was closed by regulators on October 30, 1992.

Who acquired First City, Texas - Houston, N.A.?

The FDIC record names Texas Commerce Bancshares as the acquiring institution in the resolution of First City, Texas - Houston, N.A.

How big was First City, Texas - Houston, N.A. when it failed?

First City, Texas - Houston, N.A. had approximately $2.80B in total assets and $2.52B in deposits at the time of failure.

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