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Murray Savings Association

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Closed April 5, 1989 · Dallas, TX · FDIC Cert #31256.

Closing date
April 5, 1989
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
FDIC Certificate
31256
Total assets at closing
$1.44B
Total deposits at closing
$1.17B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$384.4M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
United Sa of the SW, FSB

Context

On April 5, 1989, regulators closed Murray Savings Association, headquartered in Dallas, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $1.44B in assets and $1.17B 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 $384.4M.

By assets at closing this is the 156th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 25th 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 Murray Savings Association fail?

Murray Savings Association was closed by regulators on April 5, 1989.

Who acquired Murray Savings Association?

The FDIC record names United Sa of the SW, FSB as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Murray Savings Association.

How big was Murray Savings Association when it failed?

Murray Savings Association had approximately $1.44B in total assets and $1.17B 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