Data / Bank failures / 1976 / South Texas Bank
South Texas Bank, Houston, TX: failed February 25, 1976
South Texas Bank in Houston, Texas, failed on February 25, 1976. It held $7.8 million in assets and $7.1 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 12th largest of 17 banks closed or assisted in 1976.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- February 25, 1976
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total assets
- $7,756,000
- Total deposits
- $7,074,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 20294
Other bank failures in Texas, 1974 to 1978
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First State Bank & Trust Co. | Rio Grande City | November 19, 1976 | $13.8 million | $12.1 million | ||
| Citizens State Bank | Carrizo Springs | June 28, 1976 | $17.4 million | $15.9 million | ||
| Northeast Bank of Houston | Houston | June 3, 1976 | $18.1 million | $17.5 million | ||
| Astro Bank | Houston | October 16, 1975 | $5.5 million | $5.2 million | ||
| Franklin Bank | Houston | March 24, 1975 | $20.7 million | $18.2 million |
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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.