Calendar Year

1989 in US Banking

1,629 bank events are on record for 1989: 530 failures, 971 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company, and 124 enforcement actions.

530

Failures

$163.86B in failed assets

971

Mergers

Federal Reserve NIC, banking organizations

124

Enforcement

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

4

Assistance

FDIC open-bank assistance

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How many banks failed in 1989?

530 banks failed in 1989, with $163.86B in assets. Each failure below links to its own page.

Date	Bank	HQ	Assets	Acquirer or resolution
Mar 9, 1989	Trinity Valley Savings	Cleveland, TX	$91.9M	Hibernia NB, TX
Mar 9, 1989	Liberty Bell Savings Assoc.	Beaver Falls, PA	$90.3M	Reeves Bank
Mar 9, 1989	First Equity Sa	Tomball, TX	$87.1M	Kilgore FS&LA
Mar 9, 1989	Valley Federal S & L Assoc.	Grand Junction, CO	$83.8M	Mesa NB
Mar 9, 1989	Citizens of Texas S & L Assoc.	Baytown, TX	$76.4M	West Loop S&LA
Mar 9, 1989	Century Federal Savings Bank	Trenton, TN	$73.9M	Security Bank
Mar 9, 1989	Lincoln FS & La	Mt. Carmel, TN	$72.2M	Executive Park NB
Mar 9, 1989	First Capital Savings ASSOC./TEXAS	Houston, TX	$70.9M	NCNB Texas National Bank
Mar 9, 1989	Modern Fed. S & L Assoc.	Grand Junction, CO	$70.4M	Centennial SB
Mar 9, 1989	Sun Country SB of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	$66.5M	Deposit payout
Mar 9, 1989	Century Savings & Loan	Baytown, TX	$58.7M	NCNB Texas National Bank
Mar 9, 1989	Alpine Savings	Steamboat Springs, CO	$57.7M	Deposit payout
Mar 9, 1989	Colorado S & L Assoc.	Englewood, CO	$54.3M	Colorado SB, FSB of Grand C
Mar 9, 1989	Humble S & L Assoc.	Humble, TX	$50.3M	Hibernia NB, TX
Mar 9, 1989	Bank of the West	Austin, TX	$46.7M	The Bank of the West
Mar 9, 1989	Southeastern Savings Assoc.	Dayton, TX	$44.7M	Deposit payout
Mar 9, 1989	Liberty County FS & La	Liberty, TX	$43.8M	Bayshore NB
Mar 9, 1989	Bayshore Sa	Laporte, TX	$39.4M	BNB Sa, FSA
Mar 9, 1989	City Savings Assoc.	League City, TX	$33.8M	League City B&T
Mar 9, 1989	First Fed. S & L Assoc.	Summerville, GA	$32.8M	Interfederal SB
Mar 9, 1989	First Savings Bank of Alabama	Hamilton, AL	$26.0M	Southtrust Bank of Marion C
Mar 9, 1989	Rocky Mountain S & L Assoc.	Woodland Park, CO	$18.2M	Mountain NB
Mar 9, 1989	Lakeway National Bank	Austin, TX	$16.7M	First Commercial Bank, N.A.
Mar 9, 1989	Citizens Bank and Trust	Calvert, TX	$14.2M	First State Bank
Mar 9, 1989	United Guaranty Fed. Savings Bank	Tullahoma, TN	$11.5M	Franklin County Bank
Mar 2, 1989	San Antonio Savings	San Antonio, TX	$2.64B	First Gibraltar Bank, FSB
Mar 2, 1989	Bexar Savings Association	San Antonio, TX	$813.6M	Sunbelt Savings
Mar 2, 1989	Alamo Sa of Texas	San Antonio, TX	$569.9M	Deposit payout
Mar 2, 1989	Valley FS & La of Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	$222.4M	Branch sale
Mar 2, 1989	Shawnee Fed. S & L Assoc.	Topeka, KS	$221.1M	Bank IV Topeka, N.A.
Mar 2, 1989	First State Savings	San Antonio, TX	$217.0M	Banc One TX, N.A.
Mar 2, 1989	First Federal Savings/Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	$183.5M	Union NB
Mar 2, 1989	First FSB of Kansas	Wellington, KS	$155.9M	Branch sale
Mar 2, 1989	First Federal Bank of Alaska	Anchorage, AK	$137.6M	First NB of Anchorage
Mar 2, 1989	Landmark Savings Bank FSB	Hot Springs, AR	$132.3M	Branch sale
Mar 2, 1989	First Fed. S & L Assoc.	Fayetteville, AR	$125.6M	Branch sale
Mar 2, 1989	Madison Guaranty S & La	McCrory, AR	$114.7M	Branch sale
Mar 2, 1989	First State Savings Bank	Mountain Home, AR	$107.6M	Worthen B&TC, N.A.
Mar 2, 1989	Mission Sa of Texas	San Antonio, TX	$97.8M	Deposit payout
Mar 2, 1989	Topeka Savings	Topeka, KS	$96.6M	Bank IV Topeka, N.A.
Mar 2, 1989	Southmost S & L	Brownsville, TX	$95.8M	Deposit payout
Mar 2, 1989	Home Savings Bank	Anchorage, AK	$91.5M	Security Pacific Bank Ak, N
Mar 2, 1989	First FS & La of Coffeyville	Coffeyville, KS	$90.6M	Bank IV Coffeyville N.A.
Mar 2, 1989	Peoples S & L Assoc.	Parsons, KS	$84.3M	Parsons Commercial Bank
Mar 2, 1989	Mid America Fed. S & L Assoc.	Parsons, KS	$83.3M	Branch sale
Mar 2, 1989	Vision Banc Savings Assoc.	Kingsville, TX	$77.3M	Deposit payout
Mar 2, 1989	Gibraltar S & L Assoc.	Annapolis, MD	$71.8M	Annapolis NB
Mar 2, 1989	Colonial Savings Association	Liberal, KS	$70.3M	Garden NB of Garden City
Mar 2, 1989	La Hacienda Savings Assoc.	San Antonio, TX	$69.7M	First Community Bank
Mar 2, 1989	Enterprise Federal Savings	Marrero, LA	$63.5M	Whitney NB

Which banks merged in 1989?

971 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company are on record for 1989.

See the fuller list: Bank mergers 1989 with largest deals and credit union mergers ›

Date	Acquired	St	Acquirer
Jul 1, 1989	Alpena Catholic Credit Union	MI	Thunder Bay Area Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Eltra Die Cast Federal Credit Union	IL	McHenry County Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Galaxy Carpet Mills Fcu	GA	Comtrust Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	The Amsterdam State Bank	OH	Unibank
Jul 1, 1989	Termaco Credit Union	NC	Carolina Cooperative Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	West Grand River Community Credit Union	MI	Route 31 Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Ymca Federal Credit Union	RI	Coastway Community Bank
Jul 1, 1989	Shannon Credit Union	TX	Qualtrust Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Kanawha Union Bank	WV	United National Bank - Central
Jul 1, 1989	Lincolnway State Bank	IL	First Bank South
Jul 1, 1989	Hoechst Celanese Employees Federal Credit Union	VA	Sharonview Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	DH Holmes Federal Credit Union	LA	Onpath Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Wabash Sylvania Employees Federal Credit Union	PA	Palco Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Bank One, Clintonville, National Association	WI	First State Bank
Jul 1, 1989	Midlantic National Bank/South	NJ	(unnamed)
Jul 1, 1989	Ed Med Credit Union	NC	Summit Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Fort Carson National Bank	CO	Armed Forces Bank, N.A.
Jul 1, 1989	Temporaries Federal Credit Union	DC	Infirst Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	The Peoples State Bank of Caro, Michigan	MI	Chemical Bank Bay Area
Jul 1, 1989	The Cass City State Bank	MI	Chemical Bank Bay Area
Jul 1, 1989	Sears Atlanta Empl Fcu	GA	LGE Community Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Elk National Bank	WV	United Bank
Jul 1, 1989	Billings Conoco Credit Union	MT	Valley Financial Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Southpark National Bank of The Quad Cities	IL	First of America Bank-Quad Cities, National Association
Jul 1, 1989	Ohio Valley National Bank of Vienna	WV	United Bank
Jul 1, 1989	The First National Bank of Jessup	PA	First Liberty Bank & Trust
Jul 1, 1989	First South Bank	GA	Century South Bank of Central Georgia, National Association
Jul 1, 1989	First of America Bank-Mid-Michigan	MI	First of America Bank - Mid Michigan, National Association
Jul 1, 1989	Midlantic National Bank/Merchants	NJ	(unnamed)
Jul 1, 1989	Eggers Employees Credit Union	WI	Riverwood-Maritime Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Huron County Bank	MI	Chemical Bank Bay Area
Jul 1, 1989	Webster County National Bank	WV	United National Bank - Central
Jul 1, 1989	St. Peter and Paul Parish Credit Union	MO	1st City Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Eis Employees Credit Union	CT	Dutch Point Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Ocean Products Fcu	FL	Trax Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Ideal Credit Union	WV	West Virginia Central Federal Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Mount Carroll National Bank	IL	First Bank North
Jul 1, 1989	Wood River Hospital Credit Union	IL	Midwest Members Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Illinois Central East St. Louis Credit Union	IL	Midwest Members Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	First National Bank of Freeport	IL	First Bank North
Jul 1, 1989	Brownbilt Credit Union	MO	First Missouri Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	The Polo National Bank	IL	First Bank South
Jul 1, 1989	First National Bank of Morton	IL	First of America Bank-Illinois, National Association
Jul 1, 1989	Key Atlantic Bancorp	NY	KeyCorp
Jul 1, 1989	Granite Bank	NH	Granite Bank, National Association
Jul 1, 1989	Danco, Inc.	IA	Valley Bancshares, Inc.
Jul 1, 1989	Lee County Bancorp., Inc.	IA	Lee Capital Corp.
Jul 1, 1989	Humboldt Investment Corp.	IA	Bank Iowa Corporation
Jul 1, 1989	Sullivan Community Credit Union	MO	South Community Credit Union
Jul 1, 1989	Brenton Ins. Ag of Eagle Grove Inc	IA	Brenton Bank and Trust Company

The list holds 500 of the 971 mergers recorded for 1989.

Enforcement Actions in 1989

Action date	Agency	Institution	Action
Nov 7, 1989	OCC_OTS	The Garnett Savings and Loan Association	Cease and Desist: The Garnett Savings and Loan Association
Nov 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	Pioneer Federal Savings & Loan Association	Supervisory Agreement: The Pioneer Savings and Loan Association
Nov 1, 1989	OCC	The Patoka National Bank	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Wood, Mike T.
Oct 31, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Supervisory Agreement: Sun Savings Bank
Oct 30, 1989	FRB	First Security Bank of Missoula	Prohibition from Banking: Bruce F. Dailey
Oct 25, 1989	OCC_OTS	First Federal Savings Association of Wewoka	Supervisory Agreement: First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wewoka
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Burkholder, Jack
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Thomas, Harvey
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Porter, John W.
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Porter, John R.
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Muir, Richard
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Lloyd, Sandra G.
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Higgs, Joe
Oct 24, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Sanger	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Cochran, Robert
Oct 23, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Cease and Desist: Evergreen Federal Savings Bank
Oct 23, 1989	OCC_OTS	West Town Bancorp, Inc.	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Richard Kukielski
Oct 19, 1989	OCC_OTS	Carrollton Federal Savings and Loan Association	Supervisory Agreement: Carrollton Federal Savings and Loan Association
Oct 13, 1989	OCC	Village Green National Bank	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Village Green National Bank
Oct 13, 1989	OCC_OTS	Padre Federal Savings & Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Rudy T. Garza
Oct 13, 1989	OCC_OTS	Peoples Heritage Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: James R. Cruce
Oct 13, 1989	OCC	Memorial Bank, N.A.	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Memorial Bank, National Association
Oct 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	General Federal Savings Bank	Cease and Desist: General Bank, A Federal Savings Bank
Oct 6, 1989	OCC	Citizens National Bank of Walnut Ridge	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Citizens National Bank Of Walnut Ridge
Oct 2, 1989	FRB	American Banshares, Inc.	Civil Money Penalty $250,000: William Deam
Sep 29, 1989	OCC_OTS	Enterprise Federal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Phillip Gattuso
Sep 29, 1989	OCC_OTS	Sutter Buttes Savings Bank, FSB	Cease and Desist: Sutter Buttes Savings and Loan Association
Sep 29, 1989	OCC_OTS	First America Federal Savings Bank	Cease and Desist: First America Savings Bank, Federal Savings Bank
Sep 29, 1989	OCC_OTS	Vision Banc Savings	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: B. J. Garman
Sep 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Carthage	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): The First National Bank Of Carthage
Sep 25, 1989	FRB	National Mortgage Bank of Greece S.A.	Civil Money Penalty $2,000,000: National Mortgage Bank of Greece, Astoria, NY
Sep 25, 1989	FRB	National Bank of Greece S.A.	Cease and Desist Order: National Bank of Greece, S.A., Athens, Greece
Sep 25, 1989	FRB	National Mortgage Bank of Greece S.A.	Cease and Desist Order: National Mortgage Bank of Greece, Astoria, NY
Sep 25, 1989	OCC	Wilshire Center Bank, N.A.	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Wilshire Center Bank, National Association
Sep 25, 1989	OCC	Central National Bank of Mattoon	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Central National Bank of Mattoon
Sep 25, 1989	FRB	National Bank of Greece S.A.	Civil Money Penalty $125,000: National Bank of Greece, S.A., Athens, Greece
Sep 20, 1989	OCC	Bedford National Bank	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Bedford National Bank
Sep 20, 1989	OCC	Texas Commerce Finance, N.A.	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Texas Commerce Bank - Conroe, N.A.
Sep 20, 1989	OCC	(individual)	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Citicorp Trust, N.A.
Sep 18, 1989	OCC	Rocky Mountain National Bank	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Rocky Mountain Nationla Bank
Sep 15, 1989	OCC	American National Bank Elk City	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Lowrey, Austin
Sep 13, 1989	OCC	Titan Bank, N.A.	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): First National Bank
Sep 11, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Bruce H. Milligan
Sep 11, 1989	OCC_OTS	Enterprise Federal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Ronald C. Brechtel
Sep 11, 1989	OCC	Security Bank of Denver, N.A.	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Moll, David L.
Sep 8, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Kiester	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Christian, Edward T.
Sep 8, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Kiester	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Van Hove, Donald
Sep 8, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Kiester	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Nickel, Donald
Sep 8, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Kiester	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Eilertson, Edward
Sep 8, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Kiester	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Bird, Kenneth R.
Sep 8, 1989	OCC	Gateway National Bank	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Gateway National Bank

FDIC Open-Bank Assistance in 1989

Date	Institution	HQ	Assets
Apr 13, 1989	Tropical FS&LA	Miami, FL	$55.0M
Mar 30, 1989	Cartersville FSB of Georgia	Cartersville, GA	$56.7M
Feb 3, 1989	Cook County FS&LA	Chicago, IL	$164.0M
Jan 31, 1989	Metropolitan National Bank	San Antonio, TX	$4.4M

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