Data / Bank failures / 1988 / First Texas Savings Association
First Texas Savings Association, Dallas, TX: received FDIC assistance December 27, 1988
First Texas Savings Association in Dallas, Texas, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on December 27, 1988. It held $3.13 billion in assets and $2.70 billion in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $2.53 billion (80.8% of its assets). By assets it was the 6th largest of 470 banks closed or assisted in 1988.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- December 27, 1988
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- First Gibraltar Bank FSB, Houston, TX
- Total assets
- $3,127,779,000
- Total deposits
- $2,695,907,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $2,526,719,000 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 28252
Other bank failures in Texas, 1986 to 1990
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoples State Bank | Dallas | December 14, 1990 | $30.3 million | $30.6 million | $6.3 million | Comerica Bank - Texas |
| The State Bank of Omaha | Omaha | December 14, 1990 | $20.5 million | $20.6 million | $5.3 million | The First National Bank of |
| Washington County State Bank | Brenham | December 13, 1990 | $77.7 million | $77.5 million | $9.4 million | Channelview Bank |
| Andrews Savings & Loan Assoc. | Andrews | December 7, 1990 | $126.1 million | $109.7 million | $11 million | |
| First National Bank of Rowlett | Rowlett | December 7, 1990 | $20.5 million | $21.4 million | $6.5 million | U.S. Trust Company of Texas |
| Heights Bank | Harker Heights | December 7, 1990 | $28.8 million | $27 million | $4.7 million | Heights State Bank |
| First Southwest FS & La | Tyler | November 30, 1990 | $51.2 million | $45.3 million | $4.9 million | Citizens Bank |
| Atascosa Sa | Jourdanton | November 30, 1990 | $34.7 million | $32.9 million | $7.1 million |
Other failed banks First Gibraltar Bank FSB took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeen S&LA (assistance) | Killeen | TX | December 27, 1988 | $163.4 million | $267 million | $195.1 million | First Gibraltar Bank FSB |
| Gibraltar Sa (assistance) | Houston | TX | December 27, 1988 | $6.46 billion | $4.59 billion | $2.85 billion | First Gibraltar Bank FSB |
| Home Sa (assistance) | Houston | TX | December 22, 1988 | $495.5 million | $543.6 million | $309.7 million | First Gibraltar Bank FSB |
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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.