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Bank Failure

Westside National Bank

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Closed May 13, 1988 · Houston, TX · FDIC Cert #23529.

Closing date
May 13, 1988
Headquarters
Houston, TX
FDIC Certificate
23529
Total assets at closing
$32.2M
Total deposits at closing
$38.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$15.4M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Compass Bank Houston N.A.

Context

On May 13, 1988, regulators closed Westside National Bank, headquartered in Houston, TX. At closing, the institution held approximately $32.2M in assets and $38.7M in deposits. The FDIC record names Compass Bank Houston N.A. as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $15.4M.

By assets at closing this is the 1994th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 119th 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 Westside National Bank fail?

Westside National Bank was closed by regulators on May 13, 1988.

Who acquired Westside National Bank?

The FDIC record names Compass Bank Houston N.A. as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Westside National Bank.

How big was Westside National Bank when it failed?

Westside National Bank had approximately $32.2M in total assets and $38.7M 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