Data / Bank failures / 1988 / Northwest Bank & Trust
Northwest Bank & Trust, Houston, TX: failed June 23, 1988
Northwest Bank & Trust in Houston, Texas, failed on June 23, 1988. Northwest Bank of Houston, TX, took over its deposits. It held $97.6 million in assets and $92.5 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $40.5 million (41.5% of its assets). By assets it was the 191st largest of 470 banks closed or assisted in 1988.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- June 23, 1988
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Northwest Bank, Houston, TX
- Total assets
- $97,591,000
- Total deposits
- $92,527,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $40,499,881 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 20071
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 Northwest Bank took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions Point National Bank | Houston | TX | April 5, 1990 | $20.6 million | $19.5 million | $4.8 million | Northwest Bank |
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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.