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American National Bank, Houston, TX: failed October 12, 1979

American National Bank in Houston, Texas, failed on October 12, 1979. It held $10.7 million in assets and $10.4 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 5th largest of 10 banks closed or assisted in 1979.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
October 12, 1979
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Total assets
$10,659,000
Total deposits
$10,353,000
Charter
National bank (supervised by the OCC)
Insurance fund
FDIC
FDIC certificate
20237

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Texas, 1977 to 1981

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
First Financial FS&LA (assistance)BellaireJuly 10, 1981$5.9 million$4.8 million$1.8 millionSouth Texas Savings Assn

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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.