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
Nov 4, 1989	Bank One, Mequon	WI	Bank One, Wisconsin
Nov 4, 1989	Continental Illinois Holding Corporation	IL	Continental Bank Corporation
Nov 4, 1989	Ontario Savings and Loan Association	CA	Union Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank
Nov 4, 1989	Community Bank of Creswell	OR	Siuslaw Bank
Nov 3, 1989	I P T C Employees Credit Union	IN	Indiana Members Credit Union
Nov 3, 1989	State Bank of St. Joseph	IL	Busey Bank
Nov 3, 1989	First of America Bank - Gogebic, National Association	MI	First of America Bank-Upper Peninsula, National Association
Nov 2, 1989	Midwest Financial Group, Inc.	IL	First of America Bancorporation-Illinois, Inc.
Nov 1, 1989	Miller-Rellim Redwood Employees Credit Union	CA	Coast Central Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	Central Financial Group, Inc.	IL	Banc One Illinois Corporation
Nov 1, 1989	Landmark Bank of Branson	MO	Union Planters Bank of Southwest Missouri
Nov 1, 1989	Mendota Credit Union	WI	Heritage Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	Lincoln/MSC Postal Employees Credit Union	NE	Spirit of America Federal Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	Warner Center Credit Union	CA	Fiscal Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	Employees Credit Union Swift & Company Los Angeles	CA	Credit Union of Southern California, a Federal Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	American National Bank - Corpus Christi	TX	American Bank, National Association
Nov 1, 1989	Mercy Center Federal Credit Union	IL	Healthcare Associates Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	Landmark Bank of Springfield	MO	Union Planters Bank of Southwest Missouri
Nov 1, 1989	American Bank and Trust Company	NC	Southern National Bank of North Carolina
Nov 1, 1989	Patrons Credit Union	KS	Kansas Teachers Community Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	The Nodaway Valley National Bank of Villisca	IA	Bank Iowa
Nov 1, 1989	SNC Employees Federal Credit Union	PA	1st Choice Community Federal Credit Union
Nov 1, 1989	Community National Bank	TX	First State Bank
Nov 1, 1989	Community State Bank of Fowlerville	MI	NBD Commerce Bank
Oct 31, 1989	Campus Corner Development Company	WA	KeyBank National Association
Oct 31, 1989	Rutland Development Corporation	WA	KeyBank National Association
Oct 31, 1989	Federal Way Realty Investors, Inc.	WA	KeyBank National Association
Oct 31, 1989	Associates Federal Savings and Loan Association	CA	Granite Bank, Federal Savings Bank
Oct 31, 1989	CCNB Bancshares Corporation	MO	Landmark Acquisition Corporation
Oct 31, 1989	Honolulu Roofing Federal Credit Union	HI	Hawaii Federal Credit Union
Oct 30, 1989	Standish Community Credit Union	MI	North Central Area Credit Union
Oct 28, 1989	Fayetteville First Federal Savings and Loan Association	TN	First American Federal Savings and Loan Association
Oct 28, 1989	Rock County Savings and Trust Company	WI	Johnson Bank, National Association
Oct 27, 1989	American Bank	VA	Jefferson National Bank/Tidewater
Oct 27, 1989	Fair Oaks National Bank	TX	Frost Bank
Oct 27, 1989	First National Bank	TX	Frost Bank
Oct 26, 1989	The Jackson County State Bank	TX	Norwest Bank Texas, South Central
Oct 26, 1989	Bank of Commerce Calhoun County	TX	Norwest Bank Texas, South Central
Oct 24, 1989	Mutual Federal Savings and Loan Association	IN	Household Bank, F.S.B.
Oct 23, 1989	Wabash County School Employees Federal Credit Union	IN	Beacon Credit Union
Oct 20, 1989	Southwest Bank	CA	(unnamed)
Oct 19, 1989	Pelican Bancshares, Inc.	MN	International Bancorporation, Inc.
Oct 14, 1989	Bank of Oklahoma, Southwest Tulsa	OK	BOKF, N.A.
Oct 14, 1989	Security Bancshares, Incorporated	LA	First Capital Bancorp, Inc.
Oct 14, 1989	Bank of Oklahoma, Broken Arrow, National Association	OK	BOKF, N.A.
Oct 14, 1989	Security Bank, Monroe, Louisiana	LA	Capital Bank
Oct 14, 1989	Bank of Oklahoma, Lewis Center	OK	BOKF, N.A.
Oct 14, 1989	Bank of Oklahoma, City Plaza	OK	BOKF, N.A.
Oct 10, 1989	Virginia Beach Federal Credit Union	VA	Navy Federal Credit Union
Oct 7, 1989	Lake Shore K C Federal Credit Union	MI	Eastside Family Federal Credit Union

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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