Bank Failure
Greater Texas Bank Leander
Closed May 4, 1989 · Leander, TX · FDIC Cert #24657.
- Closing date
- May 4, 1989
- Headquarters
- Leander, TX
- FDIC Certificate
- 24657
- Total assets at closing
- $20.6M
- Total deposits at closing
- $22.2M
- Estimated loss to DIF
- $11.0M
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- Hill Country Bank
Context
On May 4, 1989, regulators closed Greater Texas Bank Leander, headquartered in Leander, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $20.6M in assets and $22.2M in deposits. The FDIC arranged a resolution under which Hill Country Bank acquired the failed bank's operations. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $11.0M.
By assets at closing this is the 2316th largest of the 3,524 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 434th 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 Greater Texas Bank Leander fail?
Greater Texas Bank Leander was closed by regulators on May 4, 1989.
Who acquired Greater Texas Bank Leander?
Hill Country Bank acquired the failed bank's deposits and operations on May 4, 1989 under an FDIC-brokered resolution.
How big was Greater Texas Bank Leander when it failed?
Greater Texas Bank Leander had approximately $20.6M in total assets and $22.2M in deposits at the time of failure.
Other failures in 1989
| Date | Bank | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1989 | Columbia FSA | $77.1M |
| Dec 21, 1989 | Silver Savings Assoc. | $32.2M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | First City National Bank and Trust | $39.5M |
| Dec 20, 1989 | United Community Bank | $32.3M |
| Dec 15, 1989 | First American Bank and Trust | $1.38B |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Yorkridge-Calvert Federal Savings | $585.8M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | Louisiana Savings ASSN. | $449.3M |
| Dec 14, 1989 | First Acadiana Bank | $46.8M |
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