Data / Bank failures / 1990 / San Jacinto Savings
San Jacinto Savings, Houston, TX: failed November 30, 1990
San Jacinto Savings in Houston, Texas, failed on November 30, 1990. United Sa of TX, FSB of Houston, TX, took over its deposits. It held $2.87 billion in assets and $2.89 billion in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $1.70 billion (59.3% of its assets). By assets it was the 13th largest of 382 banks closed or assisted in 1990.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- November 30, 1990
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- United Sa of TX, FSB, Houston, TX
- Total assets
- $2,869,629,000
- Total deposits
- $2,894,745,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $1,700,654,151 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- RTC
- FDIC certificate
- 31058
Other bank failures in Texas, 1988 to 1992
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens State Bank (assistance) | Princeton | December 10, 1992 | $12.9 million | $12.8 million | $246,897 | Citizens State Bank |
| First City, Texas - San Antonio | San Antonio | October 30, 1992 | $265.7 million | $259 million | The Frost National Bank | |
| First City, Texas - Corpus Chris | Corpus Christi | October 30, 1992 | $462.8 million | $383.4 million | Mercantile Bank, NA | |
| First City, Texas - Aransas Pass | Aransas Pass | October 30, 1992 | $51.7 million | $47.2 million | Corpus Christi National Ban | |
| First City, Texas - Alice, NA | Alice | October 30, 1992 | $128 million | $118 million | Alice Bank of Texas | |
| First City, Texas - Kountze, NA | Kountze | October 30, 1992 | $51.3 million | $47 million | Citizens Bank | |
| First City, Texas - El Paso, NA | El Paso | October 30, 1992 | $395.9 million | $367.3 million | Sunwest Bank of El Paso | |
| First City, Texas - Lake Jackson | Lake Jackson | October 30, 1992 | $104.3 million | $96.4 million | First Heights Bank, FSB |
Other failed banks United Sa of TX, FSB took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancplus Savings Association | Pasadena | TX | March 9, 1989 | $751.5 million | $923 million | $964.2 million | United Sa of TX, 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.