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Bank Failure

Oak Lawn Bank, N.A.

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Closed December 1, 1988 · Dallas, TX · FDIC Cert #24351.

Closing date
December 1, 1988
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
FDIC Certificate
24351
Total assets at closing
$10.3M
Total deposits at closing
$10.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$2.8M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Cornerstone Bank N.A.

Context

On December 1, 1988, regulators closed Oak Lawn Bank, N.A., headquartered in Dallas, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $10.3M in assets and $10.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Cornerstone Bank N.A. as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $2.8M.

By assets at closing this is the 2756th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 202nd of 232 in 1988. 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 Oak Lawn Bank, N.A. fail?

Oak Lawn Bank, N.A. was closed by regulators on December 1, 1988.

Who acquired Oak Lawn Bank, N.A.?

The FDIC record names Cornerstone Bank N.A. as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Oak Lawn Bank, N.A.

How big was Oak Lawn Bank, N.A. when it failed?

Oak Lawn Bank, N.A. had approximately $10.3M in total assets and $10.7M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1988

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1988 First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford Rocky Ford, CO $12.5M
Dec 16, 1988 First Southwest Bank Eldorado, OK $9.8M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas National Bank Dallas, TX $37.7M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Center Center, TX $26.1M
Dec 15, 1988 Crescent City Bank & Trust Company New Orleans, LA $24.0M
Dec 15, 1988 Texas Bank of Plano Plano, TX $15.1M
Dec 15, 1988 First National Bank in Bogata Bogata, TX $13.2M
Dec 9, 1988 Silverado S&LA Denver, CO $2.32B