Data / Bank failures / 1988 / Lamar Savings Association
Lamar Savings Association, Austin, TX: received FDIC assistance May 18, 1988
Lamar Savings Association in Austin, Texas, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on May 18, 1988. It held $1.94 billion in assets and $2.09 billion in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $2.02 billion (104% of its assets). By assets it was the 13th largest of 470 banks closed or assisted in 1988.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- May 18, 1988
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Southwest Sa, Dallas, TX
- Total assets
- $1,939,600,000
- Total deposits
- $2,091,752,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $2,017,661,000 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 27750
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 Southwest Sa took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton Savings Association (assistance) | Dallas | TX | May 18, 1988 | $543 million | $784.5 million | $806.3 million | Southwest Sa |
| City S&LA (assistance) | San Angelo | TX | May 18, 1988 | $681.2 million | $867.6 million | $911.9 million | Southwest Sa |
| Briercroft Savings Association (assistance) | Austin | TX | May 18, 1988 | $867.5 million | $658.6 million | $222.4 million | Southwest Sa |
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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.