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Bank Failure

Industrial Bank

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Closed March 23, 1989 · Houston, TX · FDIC Cert #16131.

Closing date
March 23, 1989
Headquarters
Houston, TX
FDIC Certificate
16131
Total assets at closing
$64.8M
Total deposits at closing
$65.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$7.5M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Metrobank, National Associa

Context

On March 23, 1989, regulators closed Industrial Bank, headquartered in Houston, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $64.8M in assets and $65.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names Metrobank, National Associa as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $7.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 1472nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 279th 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 Industrial Bank fail?

Industrial Bank was closed by regulators on March 23, 1989.

Who acquired Industrial Bank?

The FDIC record names Metrobank, National Associa as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Industrial Bank.

How big was Industrial Bank when it failed?

Industrial Bank had approximately $64.8M in total assets and $65.3M in deposits at the time of failure.

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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