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Security Bank & Trust Company

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Closed May 18, 1989 · Wharton, TX · FDIC Cert #1220.

Closing date
May 18, 1989
Headquarters
Wharton, TX
FDIC Certificate
1220
Total assets at closing
$34.8M
Total deposits at closing
$37.1M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$9.4M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
The First National Bank of

Context

On May 18, 1989, regulators closed Security Bank & Trust Company, headquartered in Wharton, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $34.8M in assets and $37.1M in deposits. The FDIC record names The First National Bank of as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $9.4M.

By assets at closing this is the 1920th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 365th 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 Security Bank & Trust Company fail?

Security Bank & Trust Company was closed by regulators on May 18, 1989.

Who acquired Security Bank & Trust Company?

The FDIC record names The First National Bank of as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Security Bank & Trust Company.

How big was Security Bank & Trust Company when it failed?

Security Bank & Trust Company had approximately $34.8M in total assets and $37.1M 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