Calendar Year

1988 in US Banking

1,745 bank events are on record for 1988: 232 failures, 1,275 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company, and 0 enforcement actions.

232

Failures

$48.36B in failed assets

1,275

Mergers

Federal Reserve NIC, banking organizations

0

Enforcement

OCC, FDIC, FRB, OTS and SEC 8-K filings

238

Assistance

FDIC open-bank assistance

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How many banks failed in 1988?

232 banks failed in 1988, with $48.36B in assets. Each failure below links to its own page.

Date	Bank	HQ	Assets	Acquirer or resolution
Dec 16, 1988	First Industrial Bank of Rocky Ford	Rocky Ford, CO	$12.5M	First NB of Ordway
Dec 16, 1988	First Southwest Bank	Eldorado, OK	$9.8M	First State Bank&trust C
Dec 15, 1988	Texas National Bank	Dallas, TX	$37.7M	Cornerstone Bank N.A.
Dec 15, 1988	First National Bank in Center	Center, TX	$26.1M	Citizens Bank
Dec 15, 1988	Crescent City Bank & Trust Company	New Orleans, LA	$24.0M	Omni Bank
Dec 15, 1988	Texas Bank of Plano	Plano, TX	$15.1M	Plano East National Bank
Dec 15, 1988	First National Bank in Bogata	Bogata, TX	$13.2M	Peoples National Bank
Dec 9, 1988	Silverado S&LA	Denver, CO	$2.32B	Columbia Savings, a FS&LA
Dec 9, 1988	Caribank	Dania, FL	$525.8M	Citibank Florida N.A.
Dec 9, 1988	Central Arkansas S&LA	Conway, AR	$10.1M	—
Dec 8, 1988	First Bank & Trust Co.	Duncan, OK	$42.0M	First Bank&trust Co
Dec 8, 1988	Resource Bank, N.A.	Houston, TX	$34.7M	—
Dec 8, 1988	Waukomis State Bank	Waukomis, OK	$12.0M	Cimarron Bank
Dec 1, 1988	Union Bank of Houston	Houston, TX	$55.4M	Texas Commerce Bank N.A.
Dec 1, 1988	Texana National Bank of Belton	Belton, TX	$19.5M	First NB of Temple
Dec 1, 1988	Oak Lawn Bank, N.A.	Dallas, TX	$10.3M	Cornerstone Bank N.A.
Dec 1, 1988	Enterprise National Bank	Englewood, CO	$5.3M	Colonial National Bank
Nov 18, 1988	First National Bank	Covington, LA	$262.2M	Hibernia National Bank
Nov 17, 1988	The Bank of Kerrville	Kerrville, TX	$39.8M	Bank of Kerrville
Nov 17, 1988	East Texas State Bank	Buna, TX	$21.3M	First NB of Bonham
Nov 10, 1988	Cyprus Sa	Plantation, FL	$172.8M	—
Nov 10, 1988	Avoyelles Trust & Savings Bank	Bunkie, LA	$27.1M	Bunkie Bank&trust Co
Nov 10, 1988	American National Bank	Tyler, TX	$22.4M	First NB of Winnsboro
Nov 10, 1988	Bank of the Northwest	Woodward, OK	$19.5M	Bank of Woodward
Nov 10, 1988	Miami National Bank	Miami, OK	$9.2M	Bank of Miami
Nov 10, 1988	The First National Bank of Gracemont	Gracemont, OK	$6.6M	First State Bank
Nov 4, 1988	MT. Zion State Bank	Mount Zion, IL	$26.4M	Mount Zion State B&T Co
Nov 3, 1988	Southwest National Bank	Houston, TX	$14.0M	Spring National Bank
Oct 27, 1988	Frontier National Bank	Round Rock, TX	$39.5M	First State Bank
Oct 27, 1988	Round Rock National Bank	Round Rock, TX	$37.0M	First State Bank
Oct 27, 1988	Medical Center State Bank	Oklahoma City, OK	$8.7M	American State Bank
Oct 20, 1988	Commercial Bank & Trust Company	Metairie, LA	$58.8M	Pontchartrain State Bank
Oct 20, 1988	Security Bank	Dallas, TX	$21.8M	Deposit Guaranty Bank
Oct 7, 1988	Liberty FSB	Raton, NM	$130.4M	—
Oct 6, 1988	Financial Security S&LA	Delray Beach, FL	$150.1M	—
Oct 6, 1988	Fidelity National Bank of Fort Worth	Fort Worth, TX	$33.8M	Fidelity Bank
Oct 3, 1988	Liberty Bank & Trust Company	Warsaw, IN	$48.7M	Trustcorp Bank Goshen
Sep 30, 1988	Watson State Bank	Watson, MN	$13.7M	Minnwest Bank Montevideo
Sep 29, 1988	First State Bank	Seminole, OK	$12.2M	First State Bank
Sep 26, 1988	Continental S&LA	Bellaire, TX	$363.7M	—
Sep 23, 1988	Peoples S&LA	La Grande, OR	$22.5M	—
Sep 23, 1988	Peoples State Bank of Meeker	Meeker, CO	$3.9M	First NB of Meeker
Sep 22, 1988	The First State Bank in Talihina	Talihina, OK	$15.8M	Spiro State Bank
Sep 22, 1988	Community Bank & Trust	Rockdale, TX	$14.9M	Citizens NB of Cameron
Sep 22, 1988	The Security State Bank	Comanche, OK	$9.0M	American National Bank
Sep 21, 1988	Mountainwest S&LA	Ogden, UT	$284.5M	—
Sep 16, 1988	Ultimate Savings Bank	Richmond, VA	$206.5M	—
Sep 15, 1988	Trinity National Bank	San Antonio, TX	$33.1M	First NB of Rio Grande C
Sep 15, 1988	Town & Country Bank	Bixby, OK	$30.8M	Brookside State Bank
Sep 15, 1988	Capital National Bank	Fort Worth, TX	$24.4M	Central Bank&trust

Which banks merged in 1988?

1,275 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company are on record for 1988.

See the fuller list: Bank mergers 1988 with largest deals and credit union mergers ›

Date	Acquired	St	Acquirer
Nov 16, 1988	Bur-Ken Federal Credit Union	PA	Allegheny Valley Federal Credit Union
Nov 16, 1988	Bishop College Cu	TX	Good Street Baptist Church Federal Credit Union
Nov 16, 1988	Alliance Bank, N.A.	OK	First National Bank
Nov 15, 1988	Savers Holdings, Incorporated	MD	The Bank of Baltimore
Nov 15, 1988	Ila Corpus Federal Credit Union	TX	Homeport Federal Credit Union
Nov 15, 1988	State Bank of Darfur	MN	Westbrook-Darfur State Bank
Nov 14, 1988	Boatmen's Raytown Bank	MO	Nationsbank, National Association (Mid-West)
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Conroe	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	Boatmen's Bank of Excelsior Springs	MO	Nationsbank, National Association (Mid-West)
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Port Arthur	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Angleton, National Association	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	Boatmen's Bank of Lee's Summit	MO	Nationsbank, National Association (Mid-West)
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Rockport	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Northwest San Antonio, National Association	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Fort Bend	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Beaumont, National Association	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of North San Antonio	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of South Austin	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	Boatmen's Bank of Belton	MO	Nationsbank, National Association (Mid-West)
Nov 14, 1988	North East Federal Savings & Loan Association	PA	Prime Bank
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of North Austin	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Marble Falls	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	Boatmen's North Hills Bank	MO	Nationsbank, National Association (Mid-West)
Nov 14, 1988	Wyoming National Bank Casper East	WY	Wells Fargo Bank Wyoming, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	Richland Banking Co.	GA	Farmers State Bank
Nov 14, 1988	Boatmen's Bank of Independence	MO	Nationsbank, National Association (Mid-West)
Nov 14, 1988	First Interstate Bank of Austin	TX	Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
Nov 14, 1988	Wyoming National Bank Casper West	WY	Wells Fargo Bank Wyoming, National Association
Nov 12, 1988	Utah State Credit Union	UT	Mountain America Federal Credit Union
Nov 10, 1988	Security Pacific Asian Banking Corporation, N.A.	CA	Security Pacific Asian Bank, N.A.
Nov 10, 1988	Life Plan Credit Union	IA	Financial Plus Credit Union
Nov 9, 1988	Offshore Fcu	LA	Onpath Federal Credit Union
Nov 7, 1988	M R Employees Federal Credit Union	IL	Federal Mogul Employees Federal Credit Union
Nov 5, 1988	Consumers Savings Bank	MA	Bank of New England-Worcester
Nov 5, 1988	Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association	NJ	Granite Bank, Federal Savings Bank
Nov 3, 1988	Reliance Savings and Loan Association	NJ	CrossLand Savings, FSB
Nov 2, 1988	LBC&W Employees Federal Credit Union	SC	Carolina Foothills Federal Credit Union
Nov 1, 1988	Security Capitol Building Corp	WI	Valley Bank
Nov 1, 1988	Union Bancorp	CA	MUFG Union Bank, National Association
Nov 1, 1988	C F S Continental Employees Federal Credit Union	IL	Alero Financial Credit Union
Nov 1, 1988	(unnamed)	—	MUFG Union Bank, National Association
Nov 1, 1988	Security Pacific Industrial Bank	CO	Security Pacific Finance System Incorporated
Nov 1, 1988	Airetool & Yost Superior Employees Credit Union, Inc.	OH	Wright-Patt Credit Union, Inc.
Nov 1, 1988	Saint Vincent De Paul Parish Credit Union, Inc.	OH	Directions Credit Union
Nov 1, 1988	A B E Credit Union	IL	American Broadcast Employees Federal Credit Union
Nov 1, 1988	The First National Bank of Grafton	WV	(unnamed)
Nov 1, 1988	(unnamed)	—	The Co-operative Bank of Concord
Nov 1, 1988	Standard Chartered Holdings, Inc.	CA	MUFG Union Bank, National Association
Nov 1, 1988	GCC Employees Credit Union	SC	South Carolina Federal Credit Union
Nov 1, 1988	First of America Bank-Belvidere	IL	First of America Bank-Rockford, National Association

The list holds 500 of the 1,275 mergers recorded for 1988.

FDIC Open-Bank Assistance in 1988

Date	Institution	HQ	Assets
Dec 31, 1988	Broward FS&LA	Sunrise, FL	$535.7M
Dec 31, 1988	Peoria S&LA	Peoria, IL	$171.6M
Dec 30, 1988	United Savings Association of Texas	Houston, TX	$4.64B
Dec 30, 1988	Columbia FS&LA	Englewood, CO	$3.13B
Dec 30, 1988	First FS&LA of Jacksonville	Jacksonville, FL	$1.24B
Dec 30, 1988	Pathway Financial	Chicago, IL	$1.22B
Dec 30, 1988	Beach FS&LA	Boynton Beach, FL	$1.14B
Dec 30, 1988	Jackson County FSA	Medford, OR	$266.1M
Dec 30, 1988	Tracy-Collins Bank & Trust Company	Salt Lake City, UT	$213.3M
Dec 30, 1988	Northwest FS&LA	Spencer, IA	$129.1M
Dec 30, 1988	Great Falls FS&LA	Great Falls, MT	$128.0M
Dec 30, 1988	Home FS&LA	Spencer, IA	$46.5M
Dec 29, 1988	American SB	Springfield, IL	$887.0M
Dec 29, 1988	Charter Savings S&LA	Corpus Christi, TX	$396.8M
Dec 29, 1988	Peoples S&LA	Llano, TX	$171.1M
Dec 29, 1988	Seguin Savings Association	Seguin, TX	$140.5M
Dec 29, 1988	Lee Savings Association	Giddings, TX	$73.9M
Dec 29, 1988	Union Sa	San Antonio, TX	$72.1M
Dec 29, 1988	Bayview FSA	Corpus Christi, TX	$64.6M
Dec 29, 1988	Independence S&LA	Gonzales, TX	$59.1M
Dec 29, 1988	Ranchers Savings Association	Johnson City, TX	$56.2M
Dec 29, 1988	Yoakum FS&LA	Yoakum, TX	$43.6M
Dec 29, 1988	Keystone S&LA	Lampasas, TX	$30.7M
Dec 29, 1988	First FS&LA	Luling, TX	$30.6M
Dec 29, 1988	Burnet S&LA	Burnet, TX	$28.1M
Dec 28, 1988	First Financial SB	Des Moines, IA	$262.7M
Dec 27, 1988	Gibraltar Sa	Houston, TX	$6.46B
Dec 27, 1988	First Texas Savings Association	Dallas, TX	$3.13B
Dec 27, 1988	Montfort Savings Association	Dallas, TX	$1.82B
Dec 27, 1988	Killeen S&LA	Killeen, TX	$163.4M
Dec 23, 1988	Virginia FS&LA	Richmond, VA	$678.9M
Dec 22, 1988	Commodore Savings Association	Dallas, TX	$499.4M
Dec 22, 1988	Home Sa	Houston, TX	$495.5M
Dec 22, 1988	Home S&LA	Lufkin, TX	$278.5M
Dec 22, 1988	Vista Savings Association	Odessa, TX	$133.1M
Dec 22, 1988	First FS&LA	Big Spring, TX	$129.3M
Dec 22, 1988	Interwest Savings Association	Fort Worth, TX	$109.4M
Dec 22, 1988	Southern Federal Banc S&LA	Lancaster, TX	$91.3M
Dec 22, 1988	Lamesa FS&LA	Lamesa, TX	$89.3M
Dec 22, 1988	Sentry Savings Association	Slaton, TX	$87.0M
Dec 22, 1988	First Western S&LA	Colorado City, TX	$83.4M
Dec 22, 1988	Metroplex Federal Savings Association	Hurst, TX	$64.8M
Dec 22, 1988	Mesquite S&LA	Mesquite, TX	$47.0M
Dec 22, 1988	Reliance Savings Association	Houston, TX	$41.5M
Dec 22, 1988	Mineral Wells S&LA	Mineral Wells, TX	$31.5M
Dec 21, 1988	Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Company	Baton Rouge, LA	$111.5M
Dec 17, 1988	Ohio Valley	Steubenville, OH	$203.9M
Dec 17, 1988	First Border SB	Piqua, OH	$111.0M
Dec 16, 1988	Bloomfield S&LA	Birmingham, MI	$688.7M
Dec 16, 1988	Rocky Mountain FS&LA	Cheynne, WY	$307.2M

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