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Bank Failure

First National Bank of Cedar Park

Closed January 19, 1989 · Cedar Park, TX · FDIC Cert #23350.

Closing date
January 19, 1989
Headquarters
Cedar Park, TX
FDIC Certificate
23350
Total assets at closing
$18.6M
Total deposits at closing
$18.9M
Estimated loss to DIF
$6.9M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Union National Bank of Texa

Context

On January 19, 1989, regulators closed First National Bank of Cedar Park, headquartered in Cedar Park, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $18.6M in assets and $18.9M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which Union National Bank of Texa acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $6.9M.

By assets at closing this is the 2394th largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 448th of 530 in 1989. 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 National Bank of Cedar Park fail?

First National Bank of Cedar Park was closed by regulators on January 19, 1989.

Who acquired First National Bank of Cedar Park?

Union National Bank of Texa acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on January 19, 1989 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.

How big was First National Bank of Cedar Park when it failed?

First National Bank of Cedar Park had approximately $18.6M in total assets and $18.9M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1989

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 21, 1989 Columbia FSA Nassau Bay, TX $77.1M
Dec 21, 1989 Silver Savings Assoc. Silver City, NM $32.2M
Dec 20, 1989 First City National Bank and Trust New York, NY $39.5M
Dec 20, 1989 United Community Bank Westlake Village, CA $32.3M
Dec 15, 1989 First American Bank and Trust North Palm Beach, FL $1.38B
Dec 14, 1989 Yorkridge-Calvert Federal Savings Baltimore, MD $585.8M
Dec 14, 1989 Louisiana Savings ASSN. Lake Charles, LA $449.3M
Dec 14, 1989 First Acadiana Bank Eunice, LA $46.8M