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Security National Bank, Austin, TX: failed August 30, 1990

Security National Bank in Austin, Texas, failed on August 30, 1990. Liberty National Bank of Austin, TX, took over its deposits. It held $15.1 million in assets and $15.8 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $2.2 million (14.7% of its assets). By assets it was the 337th largest of 382 banks closed or assisted in 1990.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
August 30, 1990
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Acquirer
Liberty National Bank, Austin, TX
Total assets
$15,067,000
Total deposits
$15,790,000
Estimated cost to the FDIC
$2,208,221 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
Charter
National bank (supervised by the OCC)
Insurance fund
BIF
FDIC certificate
24293

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Texas, 1988 to 1992

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Citizens State Bank (assistance)PrincetonDecember 10, 1992$12.9 million$12.8 million$246,897Citizens State Bank
First City, Texas - San AntonioSan AntonioOctober 30, 1992$265.7 million$259 millionThe Frost National Bank
First City, Texas - Corpus ChrisCorpus ChristiOctober 30, 1992$462.8 million$383.4 millionMercantile Bank, NA
First City, Texas - Aransas PassAransas PassOctober 30, 1992$51.7 million$47.2 millionCorpus Christi National Ban
First City, Texas - Alice, NAAliceOctober 30, 1992$128 million$118 millionAlice Bank of Texas
First City, Texas - Kountze, NAKountzeOctober 30, 1992$51.3 million$47 millionCitizens Bank
First City, Texas - El Paso, NAEl PasoOctober 30, 1992$395.9 million$367.3 millionSunwest Bank of El Paso
First City, Texas - Lake JacksonLake JacksonOctober 30, 1992$104.3 million$96.4 millionFirst Heights 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.