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Bank Failure

Victoria Sa

Closed June 29, 1989 · San Antonio, TX · FDIC Cert #29378.

Closing date
June 29, 1989
Headquarters
San Antonio, TX
FDIC Certificate
29378
Total assets at closing
$882.8M
Total deposits at closing
$855.7M
Estimated loss to DIF
$969.0M
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On June 29, 1989, regulators closed Victoria Sa, headquartered in San Antonio, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $882.8M in assets and $855.7M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a branch sale; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was approximately $969.0M.

By assets at closing this is the 241st largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 33rd 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 Victoria Sa fail?

Victoria Sa was closed by regulators on June 29, 1989.

How big was Victoria Sa when it failed?

Victoria Sa had approximately $882.8M in total assets and $855.7M 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