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FDIC Open-Bank Assistance

United Savings Association of Texas

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Assistance provided December 30, 1988 · Houston, TX · FDIC Cert #29959.

Assistance date
December 30, 1988
Headquarters
Houston, TX
FDIC Certificate
29959
Total assets at the time
$4.64B
Total deposits at the time
$3.50B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$1.52B
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Open-bank assistance (the institution stayed open)
Acquirer
United Sa of Texas FSB

Context

On December 30, 1988, the FDIC provided open-bank assistance to United Savings Association of Texas, headquartered in Houston, TX. The institution continued operating. At the time it held approximately $4.64B in assets and $3.50B in deposits. The FDIC record names United Sa of Texas FSB as the acquiring institution in the assisted transaction. The estimated cost to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) was approximately $1.52B.

The FDIC record for 1988 holds 232 failures and 238 open-bank assistance transactions. 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 the FDIC provide assistance to United Savings Association of Texas?

United Savings Association of Texas received FDIC open-bank assistance on December 30, 1988; it did not fail.

How big was United Savings Association of Texas at the time of assistance?

United Savings Association of Texas had approximately $4.64B in total assets and $3.50B in deposits at the time of assistance.

Bank 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