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
Apr 6, 1989	Central Texas S & La	Waco, TX	$216.1M	Kilgore FS&LA
Apr 6, 1989	Heritage Banc Savings	Duncanville, TX	$177.7M	NCNB Texas National Bank
Apr 6, 1989	Financial Federal Sa	Joplin, MO	$161.4M	Farm & Home Sa
Apr 6, 1989	First California Savings	Orange, CA	$161.4M	First American Bank
Apr 6, 1989	Excel Banc Savings Assoc.	Laredo, TX	$146.7M	Deposit payout
Apr 6, 1989	Founders Federal S & L	Los Angeles, CA	$134.7M	Founders NB of Los Angeles
Apr 6, 1989	Fidelity FSB	Corinth, MS	$116.4M	Southbank, a FSB
Apr 6, 1989	Centennial Savings Bank	Greenville, TX	$106.0M	NCNB Texas National Bank
Apr 6, 1989	Libertyville Fed. S & L Assoc.	Libertyville, IL	$101.0M	Harris Bank Libertyville
Apr 6, 1989	Bedford Savings Assoc.	Bedford, TX	$90.8M	First American Savings Banc
Apr 6, 1989	Gateway Federal Savings Bank	Oakland, CA	$72.7M	Gateway Bank, FSB
Apr 6, 1989	Cabrillo Federal Savings Bank	San Jose, CA	$71.8M	Financial Center Bank, N.A.
Apr 6, 1989	Washington S & L Assoc.	Stockton, CA	$66.7M	Security Pacific NB, N.A.
Apr 6, 1989	Sioux Valley S & La	Cherokee, IA	$61.8M	Deposit payout
Apr 6, 1989	First FS & La of Estherville	Estherville, IA	$60.6M	Branch sale
Apr 6, 1989	Arrowhead Pacific Federal Savings	San Bernardino, CA	$60.2M	Deposit payout
Apr 6, 1989	First Fed. Savings Bank	East Alton, IL	$55.6M	Illinois State B&T
Apr 6, 1989	First of Kansas Savings	Hays, KS	$53.9M	First NB&T
Apr 6, 1989	Cass FS & La of St. Louis	Florissant, MO	$52.4M	First Exchange Bank
Apr 6, 1989	Central S & L Assoc.	Jackson, MS	$52.1M	Bank of Forest
Apr 6, 1989	Meridian Saving Association	Arlington, TX	$48.9M	NCNB Texas National Bank
Apr 6, 1989	St. Tammany National Bank	Mandeville, LA	$47.1M	Whitney National Bank in St
Apr 6, 1989	Republic Bank for Savings	Jackson, MS	$43.4M	Southbank, a FSB
Apr 6, 1989	Park Cities Savings Association	Dallas, TX	$43.1M	Comerica Bank-TX
Apr 6, 1989	Unified Savings FS & La	Northridge, CA	$35.1M	Deposit payout
Apr 6, 1989	Royal Oak S & L Assoc.	Manteca, CA	$34.4M	Bank of Stockton
Apr 6, 1989	American Federal Savings Bank	Austin, TX	$33.5M	NCNB Texas National Bank
Apr 6, 1989	City S & L Assoc.	Westlake Village, CA	$33.3M	Olympia NB
Apr 6, 1989	First National Bank of Nocona	Nocona, TX	$23.3M	The First National Bank of
Apr 6, 1989	Golden Circle Sa	Corsicana, TX	$20.5M	Deposit payout
Apr 6, 1989	City Federal S & L Assoc.	Oakland, CA	$20.3M	Mission NB
Apr 6, 1989	Perpetual Savings Association	Santa Ana, CA	$18.7M	Bank of Industry
Apr 6, 1989	Delta FS & La	Drew, MS	$10.3M	Delta Bank & Trust
Apr 6, 1989	State Mutual Fed. S & L Assoc.	Jackson, MS	$8.7M	First Commerce SB
Apr 6, 1989	Equity Federal Savings Bank	Denver, CO	$4.5M	Deposit payout
Apr 5, 1989	Murray Savings Association	Dallas, TX	$1.44B	United Sa of the SW, FSB
Mar 31, 1989	Gibraltar Savings, F.A.	Simi Valley, CA	$13.38B	Security Pacific NB, N.A.
Mar 31, 1989	Gibraltar Savings Bank, FSB	Seattle, WA	$1.68B	Branch sale
Mar 31, 1989	First Service Bank for Savings	Leominster, MA	$880.7M	Peoples Savings Bank
Mar 31, 1989	Premier Bank, a N.A.	Dallas, TX	$37.1M	Deposit Guaranty Bank
Mar 31, 1989	Interstate Bank of Commerce	Miami, FL	$6.4M	—
Mar 30, 1989	Broadview Savings Bank	Cleveland, OH	$1.78B	First FSB
Mar 30, 1989	City FS & La	Birmingham, AL	$712.0M	First Alabama Bank
Mar 30, 1989	Heritage FS & La	Monroe, NC	$311.7M	First Citizens B&TC
Mar 30, 1989	Midland Buckeye Savings	Alliance, OH	$218.8M	Citizens Banking Co.
Mar 30, 1989	Baldwin County Fed. Savings Bank	Robertsdale, AL	$171.5M	First Alabama Bank
Mar 30, 1989	Great Atlantic Savings Bank	Manteo, NC	$126.8M	NCNB NB of NC
Mar 30, 1989	Durand FS & La	Durand, WI	$106.6M	Branch sale
Mar 30, 1989	Harvard Bank	Tulsa, OK	$23.1M	Southern National Bank
Mar 30, 1989	Community Fed. S & L Assoc.	Newport News, VA	$9.4M	Consolidated B&TC

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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