Bank Failure
Metropolitan Financial FS & La
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Closed August 10, 1989 · Dallas, TX · FDIC Cert #27651.
- Closing date
- August 10, 1989
- Headquarters
- Dallas, TX
- FDIC Certificate
- 27651
- Total assets at closing
- $799.5M
- Total deposits at closing
- $663.3M
- Estimated loss to the insurance fund
- $317.7M
- Insurance fund
- Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Resolution
- Failure (closed by regulators)
- Acquirer
- United Sa of the SW, FSB
Context
On August 10, 1989, regulators closed Metropolitan Financial FS & La, headquartered in Dallas, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $799.5M in assets and $663.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names United Sa of the SW, FSB as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $317.7M.
By assets at closing this is the 262nd largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 41st 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 Metropolitan Financial FS & La fail?
Metropolitan Financial FS & La was closed by regulators on August 10, 1989.
Who acquired Metropolitan Financial FS & La?
The FDIC record names United Sa of the SW, FSB as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Metropolitan Financial FS & La.
How big was Metropolitan Financial FS & La when it failed?
Metropolitan Financial FS & La had approximately $799.5M in total assets and $663.3M 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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