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
Jun 29, 1989	New Ulm State Bank	New Ulm, TX	$12.0M	Industry State Bank
Jun 29, 1989	Hobby Community Bank	Houston, TX	$8.0M	Iola State Bank
Jun 22, 1989	Great Southern Federal Savings	Savannah, GA	$880.2M	First Wachovia
Jun 22, 1989	Habersham Federal Sa	Cornelia, GA	$93.3M	First Commerce Bank
Jun 22, 1989	First Fed. S & L Assoc.	Americus, GA	$54.4M	Sumter Bank & Trust
Jun 22, 1989	Preston North National Bank	Dallas, TX	$6.5M	Sequor National Bank Texas
Jun 21, 1989	Guardian Bank, N.A.	Hempstead, NY	$409.4M	—
Jun 15, 1989	Helotes State Bank	Helotes, TX	$21.3M	Bank of Leon Springs
Jun 15, 1989	Capital Bank-Northwest, National	San Antonio, TX	$16.0M	McMullen County State Bank
Jun 15, 1989	Northern Bank & Trust	Fort Collins, CO	$6.9M	Union Colony Bank
Jun 14, 1989	Western Savings & Loan	Phoenix, AZ	$5.65B	Bank of America, Az
Jun 14, 1989	Sun State Savings & Loan	Phoenix, AZ	$1.05B	Bank of America, Az
Jun 9, 1989	Treasure State Bank	Glasgow, MT	$14.6M	Valley Bank of Glasgow
Jun 8, 1989	Horizon Financial, F.A.	Southampton, PA	$2.49B	Branch sale
Jun 8, 1989	Civic Savings Bank	Portsmouth, OH	$98.7M	Branch sale
Jun 8, 1989	First American Bank	San Antonio, TX	$13.3M	Jourdanton State Bank
Jun 8, 1989	Fulshear State Bank	Fulshear, TX	$10.7M	—
Jun 8, 1989	Lake Country National Bank	Burnet, TX	$7.5M	Lake Buchanan State Bank
May 31, 1989	The First State Bank	Forgan, OK	$11.7M	The Bank of Beaver City
May 25, 1989	Liberty National Bank	Dallas, TX	$67.5M	Cornerstone Bank, National
May 24, 1989	Commerce and Energy Bank	Lafayette, LA	$29.5M	Midsouth National Bank
May 24, 1989	First Eastern Bank & Trust Company	New Orleans, LA	$29.4M	Peoples Bank & Trust Compan
May 24, 1989	Bank of Aurora	Aurora, CO	$6.9M	—
May 19, 1989	Grand Canyon State Bank	Scottsdale, AZ	$14.6M	Bank of Fountain Hills
May 18, 1989	Security Bank & Trust Company	Wharton, TX	$34.8M	The First National Bank of
May 18, 1989	First National Bank at Oswego	Oswego, KS	$24.0M	Parsons Commercial Bank
May 18, 1989	The First National Bank of Gordon	Gordon, TX	$10.9M	The First National Bank of
May 18, 1989	The Bank of Edmond, National Assoc	Edmond, OK	$8.1M	First Interstate of Oklahom
May 12, 1989	Lewis County Savings and Loan Co	Weston, WV	$4.0M	Community Bank & Trust, Nat
May 11, 1989	Lexington State Bank	Lexington, TX	$13.8M	Central Bank of Houston
May 4, 1989	Katy National Bank	Katy, TX	$52.0M	First Bank
May 4, 1989	First National Bank of East Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$28.3M	The First National Bank in
May 4, 1989	Greater Texas Bank Leander	Leander, TX	$20.6M	Hill Country Bank
Apr 27, 1989	Southwest Federal Savings Assoc.	Los Angeles, CA	$896.8M	Bank of America, N.A.
Apr 27, 1989	Westco Savings Bank, FSB	Wilmington, CA	$188.3M	Frontier Bank, N.A.
Apr 27, 1989	Metropolitan Fed. S & L Assoc.	Denville, NJ	$168.2M	Collective FSB
Apr 27, 1989	Seabank Fed. Savings Bank	Myrtle Beach, SC	$35.4M	First Citizens B&TC of SC
Apr 27, 1989	Bank of Lakewood, National Assoc	Lakewood, CO	$9.7M	Bank of Lakewood
Apr 27, 1989	Seminole National Bank	Hollywood, FL	$6.6M	Family Bank of Hallandale
Apr 21, 1989	Alliance Bank	Anchorage, AK	$779.0M	National Bank of Alaska
Apr 20, 1989	Travis Bank and Trust	Austin, TX	$53.9M	Union National Bank of Texa
Apr 20, 1989	Continental National Bank	San Antonio, TX	$12.2M	Citizens State Bank of Luli
Apr 20, 1989	First State Bank	Deanville, TX	$9.4M	Citizens State Bank
Apr 14, 1989	Lincoln Savings & Loan	Irvine, CA	$4.86B	Great Western Bank, FSB
Apr 13, 1989	Allied Oklahoma Bank, National Assoc	Oklahoma City, OK	$58.3M	Central Bank of Oklahoma Ci
Apr 12, 1989	The Commonwealth Bank	Bellaire, TX	$65.8M	Park National Bank of Houst
Apr 6, 1989	American FS & La of Colorado	Colorado Springs, CO	$720.4M	World S&LA
Apr 6, 1989	Resource Sa	Denison, TX	$616.1M	Deposit payout
Apr 6, 1989	Independence S & L Assoc.	Vallejo, CA	$440.0M	Bay View FS&LA
Apr 6, 1989	First Fed. S & L of Southeast Mo.	Cape Girardeau, MO	$385.1M	Cape CTY Bank of Cape Girar

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
Dec 15, 1989	Peoples Bank of Lilbourn	MO	Bank of New Madrid
Dec 15, 1989	Antrim County State Bank	MI	First of America Bank - Northern Michigan
Dec 15, 1989	First National Bank of Hallettsville	TX	Victoria Bank & Trust Company - Central
Dec 15, 1989	Cullen Bank Sugar Land	TX	Cullen Center Bank & Trust
Dec 14, 1989	Montrose Division Federal Credit Union	PA	Penn East Federal Credit Union
Dec 14, 1989	Dixie Bancshares, Inc.	TN	Reelfoot Bancshares, Inc.
Dec 14, 1989	1st Security Bank	OH	Fifth Third Bank, Ohio Valley
Dec 13, 1989	Henry Vogt Employees Credit Union	KY	L&N Federal Credit Union
Dec 12, 1989	Commercial Bank and Trust Company	IN	Anderson Banking Company
Dec 12, 1989	Maxon Employees Federal Credit Union	IN	Thrive Federal Credit Union
Dec 12, 1989	North Country Employees Federal Credit Union	NY	Adirondack Regional Federal Credit Union
Dec 11, 1989	Mine Mill Federal Credit Union	OH	Steel Valley Federal Credit Union
Dec 9, 1989	Builders Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rocky Mount	NC	Raleigh Federal Savings Bank
Dec 8, 1989	Cullen Bank/CityWest, National Association	TX	Cullen Center Bank & Trust
Dec 8, 1989	Alliance Financial Corporation	MI	Comerica Incorporated
Dec 8, 1989	Dearborn Bank and Trust Company	MI	Comerica Bank
Dec 8, 1989	(unnamed)	—	Huntington Banks of Michigan
Dec 6, 1989	Baltimore Federal Savings Employees Federal Credit Union	MD	Atlantic Financial Federal Credit Union
Dec 6, 1989	Community Concern #13 Federal Credit Union	PA	Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
Dec 4, 1989	Honeywell Bull Credit Union	MA	Metro Credit Union
Dec 2, 1989	American Savings Bank	WA	Bank of America NW, National Association
Dec 2, 1989	First Galena Bancshares, Inc.	IL	Nwib Acquisition Corporation
Dec 1, 1989	Valley Utah Bancorporation	UT	Banc One Arizona Corporation
Dec 1, 1989	Vanguard Banks	FL	Synovus Financial Corp.
Dec 1, 1989	Concord Savings Bank, Federal Savings Bank	MD	Washington Federal Savings Bank
Dec 1, 1989	Early Financial Bancshares, Inc.	TX	Texasbanc Holding Co.
Dec 1, 1989	National Commerce Corporation	MS	United Southern Corporation
Dec 1, 1989	Howard Bancorp	VT	Banknorth Group, Inc.
Dec 1, 1989	Banknorth Group, Inc.	VT	Banknorth Group, Inc.
Dec 1, 1989	Farmers Property Co Inc	IL	Farmers National Bancorp, Inc.
Dec 1, 1989	First Ohio Bancshares, Inc.	OH	Fifth Third Bancorp
Dec 1, 1989	Western Commercial, Inc.	CA	Vallicorp Holdings, Inc.
Dec 1, 1989	Fresno Bancorp	CA	Vallicorp Holdings, Inc.
Dec 1, 1989	Church of the Brethren Federal Credit Union	CA	First City Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	Farmers State Bank & Trust Company	TX	Victoria Bank & Trust Company - Central
Dec 1, 1989	Mautz Employees Credit Union	WI	Heartland Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	Amsco Employees Credit Union	KY	Transcend Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	Fresno Bank of Commerce	CA	Valliwide Bank
Dec 1, 1989	The O'Neill National Bank	NE	Pinnacle Bank
Dec 1, 1989	Hussey Employees Federal Credit Union	ME	York County Federal Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	G&G Federal Credit Union	VA	United Southeast Federal Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	Immaculate Heart of Mary Credit Union	WI	Members First Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	Bell Employees Credit Union	WI	Verve a Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	Sag Harbor Savings Bank	NY	Apple Bank
Dec 1, 1989	American Bank of St. Louis County	MO	American Bank of St. Louis
Dec 1, 1989	Macomb County Bank	MI	First State Bank
Dec 1, 1989	Smiley State Bank	TX	Victoria Bank & Trust Company - Central
Dec 1, 1989	Summit Bank of Johnson County	IN	Summit Bank of Indianapolis
Dec 1, 1989	Sequoia Central Credit Union	CA	The Golden 1 Credit Union
Dec 1, 1989	Home State Bank	TX	Victoria Bank & Trust Company - Central

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

Enforcement Actions in 1989

Action date	Agency	Institution	Action
Dec 29, 1989	OCC	Hamilton Bank, N.A.	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Gonzalez, Joaquin
Dec 28, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Supervisory Agreement: First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cape Cod
Dec 27, 1989	OCC	First National Bank of Callaway County	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Cooke, J.F.
Dec 27, 1989	OCC	Bank Star One	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Landrum, Roy
Dec 20, 1989	OCC_OTS	Banc Iowa Federal Savings Bank	Supervisory Agreement: Banc Iowa Savings Bank
Dec 20, 1989	OCC	Sam Houston National Bank of Walker County	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Waller, Morris I.
Dec 20, 1989	OCC	Sam Houston National Bank of Walker County	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Waller, Morris I.
Dec 20, 1989	OCC_OTS	First Federal Savings Bank and Trust	Cease and Desist: First Savings Bank and Trust, F.S.B.,
Dec 19, 1989	OCC	First Bank N.A.	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Bustamante, John H.
Dec 19, 1989	OCC	First Bank N.A.	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Trotter, Lee A.
Dec 19, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Robert L. Hodges
Dec 15, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Supervisory Agreement: Midwest Federal Savings Bank
Dec 12, 1989	OCC	First National Bank of Dayton	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): First National Bank Of Dayton
Dec 11, 1989	OCC	Gateway National Bank	Formal Agreement: Gateway National Bank
Dec 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	Great West, a Federal Savings Bank	Cease and Desist: Tom R. Waymire
Dec 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	City Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Wayman Thurman
Dec 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Stephanie Shea
Dec 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	Executive Banc Savings Association, F.A.	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Lonnie E. Chunn
Dec 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	Otero Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: James A. Gallagher
Dec 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	State Federal Savings Association	Cease and Desist: State Federal Savings and Loan Association
Dec 6, 1989	OCC_OTS	First Federal Savings Bank	Cease and Desist: First Savings Bank, FSB
Dec 5, 1989	OCC_OTS	Saratoga Federal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Donna A. Rodrigues
Dec 5, 1989	OCC_OTS	Saratoga Federal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Jess A. Rodrigues
Dec 1, 1989	OCC	Otoe County National Bank and Trust Company	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): The Otoe County National Bank & …
Dec 1, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Bowman	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): The First National Bank Of Bowman
Dec 1, 1989	OCC	Otoe County National Bank and Trust Company	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Becker, John H.
Dec 1, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Bayard	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Becker, John H.
Dec 1, 1989	OCC	The Park Avenue Bank	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Park Avenue Bank, National Association, The
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Tipton	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Rackley, Jack
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Hammon	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Rackley, Jack
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank in Hysham	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Manning, Jere
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank in Hysham	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Lawrence, John
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Tipton	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Hudson, John
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank in Hysham	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Heberle, Elmer
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank in Hysham	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Hansen, H.R.
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank in Hysham	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Cunningham, W.D.
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Hammon	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Baresel, Larry
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Tipton	Prohibition/Removal Orders: Rackley, Jack
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Hammon	Prohibition/Removal Orders: Rackley, Jack
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Hammon	Prohibition/Removal Orders: Hudson, John
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	Scottsbluff National Corporation	Prohibition/Removal Orders: Hansen, Lavon Ilene
Nov 27, 1989	OCC	The First National Bank of Tipton	Prohibition/Removal Orders: Baresel, Larry
Nov 21, 1989	OCC_OTS	First State Savings Association	Supervisory Agreement: First State Savings Association
Nov 20, 1989	OCC_OTS	Home Owners Savings Bank FSB	Civil Money Penalty: Milo L. Pike
Nov 20, 1989	OCC_OTS	First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Valdosta	Cease and Desist: Toppy R. Gurley
Nov 15, 1989	OCC_OTS	Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association of Ardmore	Supervisory Agreement: Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association
Nov 13, 1989	OCC	Security Bank of Denver, N.A.	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Moll, Marvin W.
Nov 9, 1989	OCC	The Patoka National Bank	Civil Money Penalty (CMP): Ensor, John A.
Nov 7, 1989	OCC_OTS	Signal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Ronald L. Stiles
Nov 7, 1989	OCC_OTS	Enterprise Federal Savings and Loan Association	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Blaine G. McMahon

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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