Data / Bank failures / 1993 / Tarrant Bank
Tarrant Bank, Fort Worth, TX: failed August 25, 1993
Tarrant Bank in Fort Worth, Texas, failed on August 25, 1993. First Interstate BK of T of Houston, TX, took over its deposits. It held $62.6 million in assets and $59.7 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $7.3 million (11.7% of its assets). By assets it was the 21st largest of 50 banks closed or assisted in 1993.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- August 25, 1993
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption of the insured deposits only
- Acquirer
- First Interstate BK of T, Houston, TX
- Total assets
- $62,583,000
- Total deposits
- $59,718,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $7,327,908 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- BIF
- FDIC certificate
- 18220
Other bank failures in Texas, 1991 to 1995
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaza Bank, N.A. of New Braunfels | New Braunfels | October 14, 1993 | $54.6 million | $56.9 million | $2.7 million | Texas Com Bank-New Braun |
| The Wolfe City National Bank | Wolfe City | July 29, 1993 | $30.4 million | $32.2 million | $4.9 million | Sulphur Springs State Ba |
| Fidelity National Bank | Houston | July 22, 1993 | $52.6 million | $50.3 million | $5.5 million | Comerica Bank Texas |
| Westheimer National Bank | Houston | July 1, 1993 | $27.9 million | $28.1 million | $8.2 million | Nationsbank of Texas NA |
| Bankcentral Amarillo | Amarillo | June 10, 1993 | $34.7 million | $34.1 million | $2.5 million | Amarillo National Bank |
| First State Bank | Vega | April 1, 1993 | $21.4 million | $20.7 million | $2.8 million | Citizens STB of Dalhart |
| United Bank, N.A. | Lancaster | March 18, 1993 | $49.8 million | $49 million | $160,905 | Kilgore First National Bank |
| The Planters NB of Rosebud | Rosebud | February 25, 1993 | $13.7 million | $13.6 million | $1.5 million | First NB in Cameron |
Other failed banks First Interstate BK of T took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First National Bank of Atascocita | Harris County | TX | September 1, 1988 | $9.4 million | $10.8 million | $2.8 million | First Interstate BK of T |
All bank failures in 1993 · All bank failures in Texas · Every failed bank First Interstate BK of T took over · The full failed bank list
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.