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
Aug 24, 1989	Denton Federal Savings	Denton, TX	$142.7M	Kilgore FS&LA
Aug 24, 1989	Heritage Savings Assoc.	Jerseyville, IL	$32.9M	Carrollton B&TC
Aug 24, 1989	The Dakota Bank	Grand Forks, ND	$31.2M	First National Bank South
Aug 24, 1989	First State Bank	Pflugerville, TX	$30.7M	Hibernia National Bank in T
Aug 24, 1989	Farmers State Bank of Yuma	Yuma, CO	$26.6M	The First Security Bank
Aug 24, 1989	Troup Bank & Trust Company	Troup, TX	$24.1M	First National Bank of Jack
Aug 24, 1989	Summit Bank	San Antonio, TX	$19.2M	The Frost National Bank of
Aug 24, 1989	Park Central Bank, National Assoc	Fort Worth, TX	$11.9M	Colonial National Bank
Aug 17, 1989	Security Fed. S & L Assoc.	Peoria, IL	$318.3M	First Financial Bank, FSB
Aug 17, 1989	Taylorbanc Federal S & L	Taylor, TX	$139.5M	Kilgore FS&LA
Aug 17, 1989	Black Hawk S & L Assoc.	Rock Island, IL	$71.8M	American Bank of Rock Islan
Aug 17, 1989	First State Bank	Liberty, TX	$62.2M	First City, Texas-Beaumont
Aug 17, 1989	Southside Fed. S & L Assoc.	Austin, TX	$49.6M	Deposit payout
Aug 17, 1989	Citizens National Bank of Killeen	Killeen, TX	$35.5M	First National Bank of Temp
Aug 17, 1989	Hearne Building & Loan Assoc.	Hearne, TX	$27.1M	Deposit payout
Aug 17, 1989	Guadalupe S & L Assoc.	Kerrville, TX	$25.8M	Deposit payout
Aug 17, 1989	First State Bank of McKinney	McKinney, TX	$18.1M	First Bank
Aug 10, 1989	Peoples Heritage FS & La	Salina, KS	$1.81B	Branch sale
Aug 10, 1989	Metropolitan Financial FS & La	Dallas, TX	$799.5M	United Sa of the SW, FSB
Aug 10, 1989	Unifirst Bank for Savings	Jackson, MS	$738.3M	Branch sale
Aug 7, 1989	Security Homestead Federal	New Orleans, LA	$547.6M	Branch sale
Aug 7, 1989	South S & L Assoc.	Slidell, LA	$267.4M	Branch sale
Aug 7, 1989	Delta Savings & Loan Association	Kenner, LA	$148.5M	First State B&TC
Aug 7, 1989	Citizens Homestead FSA	New Orleans, LA	$108.6M	Deposit payout
Aug 7, 1989	American Savings & Loan	New Orleans, LA	$61.1M	Gulf Coast B&TC
Aug 7, 1989	Central Savings & Loan	New Orleans, LA	$53.3M	Gulf Coast B&TC
Aug 7, 1989	Home S & L Assoc.	New Orleans, LA	$36.5M	Deposit payout
Aug 7, 1989	Terrebonne S & L Assoc.	Houma, LA	$26.6M	St. Mary B&TC
Aug 7, 1989	First City Federal S & L	Baton Rouge, LA	$22.2M	Equitable Trust S&LA
Aug 4, 1989	Park Forty-Five National Bank	Spring, TX	$22.0M	Klein Bank
Aug 3, 1989	First Bank and Trust Company	Yale, OK	$28.5M	Mannford State Bank
Aug 3, 1989	University National Bank	San Antonio, TX	$19.8M	The Frost National Bank of
Aug 3, 1989	Barnard State Bank	Barnard, KS	$5.0M	Saline Valley Bank
Aug 1, 1989	Caprock Federal Savings & Loan	Lubbock, TX	$436.1M	Deposit payout
Jul 28, 1989	Empire State Bank	New York, NY	$30.2M	—
Jul 27, 1989	Capitol City Federal Savings	Austin, TX	$528.2M	Banc One TX, N.A.
Jul 27, 1989	New Guaranty Fed. S & L Assoc.	Taylor, MI	$212.5M	National Bank of Detroit
Jul 27, 1989	Hallmark S & L Association	Plano, TX	$166.1M	Deposit payout
Jul 27, 1989	North American FSA	San Antonio, TX	$99.8M	Deposit payout
Jul 27, 1989	Capitol Federal S & L	Little Rock, AR	$89.9M	Branch sale
Jul 27, 1989	New Braunfels S & La Assoc.	New Braunfels, TX	$85.6M	Victoria B&TC-West
Jul 27, 1989	Commercial S & La Assoc.	Hammond, LA	$74.2M	Deposit payout
Jul 27, 1989	Forestwood National Bank of Dallas	Dallas, TX	$62.0M	Comerica Bank-Texas
Jul 27, 1989	FSA of the Southwest	Kilgore, TX	$45.8M	Kilgore FS&LA
Jul 27, 1989	The Texas Bank & Trust Company	Sweetwater, TX	$33.7M	First National Bank, Sweetw
Jul 27, 1989	Lafayette S & L Assoc.	Gretna, LA	$29.1M	Algiers Homestead Associati
Jul 27, 1989	Brushy Creek National Bank	Round Rock, TX	$9.8M	Union National Bank, Austin
Jul 26, 1989	Hildalgo County Bank	Mercedes, TX	$18.9M	The First National Bank of
Jul 21, 1989	Fidelity Bank	Scottsdale, AZ	$11.2M	The Bank of Fountain Hills
Jul 20, 1989	Texas American Bank/Fort Worth,	Fort Worth, TX	$1.97B	Texas American Bridge Bank

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
Sep 7, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Kiester	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Lorenz, Forest
Sep 5, 1989	OCC	Citizens First Trust Company, LLC	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Padgett, James L.
Aug 30, 1989	OCC	First Bank N.A.	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): First Bank National Association
Aug 23, 1989	OCC_OTS	First Commerce Savings Bank, FSB	Supervisory Agreement: First Commerce Bank, A Federal Savings Bank
Aug 22, 1989	OCC	Bergen Park National Bank	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Kinney, Gregg A.
Aug 22, 1989	OCC	Bergen Park National Bank	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Lamphier, Mark A.
Aug 8, 1989	OCC_OTS	Brookside Federal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Michael S. Moers
Aug 8, 1989	OCC_OTS	Cross Roads Savings and Loan Association, F.A.	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Gary B. Hobbs
Aug 8, 1989	OCC_OTS	Padre Federal Savings & Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Clemente Garcia, Jr.
Aug 8, 1989	OCC_OTS	River City FSB	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: J. Edward Revel, Jr.
Aug 4, 1989	OCC_OTS	First Federal Savings and Loan of Central Indiana	Supervisory Agreement: First Savings and Loan Association of Central Indiana
Jun 22, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Supervisory Agreement: Peoples Savings and Loan Association of Brookville
Jun 20, 1989	OCC	First National Bank of Pickens County	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Bailey, James K.
Jun 20, 1989	OCC	The Rushville National Bank	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Hedrick, Donald E.
Jun 2, 1989	OCC_OTS	Southeastern Federal Savings Bank	Supervisory Agreement: Southeastern Savings Bank, Inc.
May 18, 1989	OCC_OTS	Great West, a Federal Savings Bank	Supervisory Agreement: Great West Savings Bank, F.S.B.
Apr 20, 1989	OCC_OTS	Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Harlan	Supervisory Agreement: Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Harlan
Apr 18, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Supervisory Agreement: Home Savings Association of Kansas City, F.A.
Apr 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	The Garnett Savings and Loan Association	Supervisory Agreement: The Garnett Savings and Loan Association
Mar 15, 1989	OCC_OTS	SJS Bancorp, Inc.	Supervisory Agreement: SJS Federal Savings Bank
Mar 15, 1989	OCC_OTS	Newport Savings and Loan Association	Supervisory Agreement: Newport Savings and Loan Association
Jan 23, 1989	OCC_OTS	American Charter Federal Savings and Loan Association	Supervisory Agreement: Charter Federal Savings and Loan Association
Jan 20, 1989	OCC_OTS	First Federal Savings Association of Chickasha	Supervisory Agreement: First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chickasha
Jan 13, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Supervisory Agreement: Mid Kansas Federal Savings and Loan Association

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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