Data / Bank failures / 1987 / The First National Bank of Weslaco
The First National Bank of Weslaco, Weslaco, TX: failed February 20, 1987
The First National Bank of Weslaco in Weslaco, Texas, failed on February 20, 1987. It held $70.7 million in assets and $73.2 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $16 million (22.7% of its assets). By assets it was the 65th largest of 262 banks closed or assisted in 1987.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- February 20, 1987
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Payout: the FDIC paid insured depositors directly
- Total assets
- $70,708,000
- Total deposits
- $73,170,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $16,025,537 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- National bank (supervised by the OCC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 5579
Other bank failures in Texas, 1985 to 1989
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Fsa | Nassau Bay | December 21, 1989 | $77.1 million | $71.1 million | $36 million | |
| Canyon Lake Bank | Canyon Lake | December 14, 1989 | $31 million | $32.1 million | $9.2 million | Victoria Bank & Trust Compa |
| Midlothian National Bank | Midlothian | December 13, 1989 | $10 million | $11.5 million | $4.1 million | The First National Bank in |
| Westheimer Memorial Bank, NA | Houston | December 7, 1989 | $38.9 million | $47.7 million | $20.1 million | Hibernia National Bank in T |
| First National Bank of Frisco | Frisco | December 7, 1989 | $9 million | $9.4 million | $976,425 | Hibernia National Bank in T |
| Aledo State Bank | Aledo | December 7, 1989 | $9.9 million | $9.7 million | $406,520 | Citizens National Bank of W |
| Austin FS & La | Austin | November 30, 1989 | $113.4 million | $85 million | $21.6 million | |
| Fortune Financial Fed. S & L Assoc | Copperas Cove | November 30, 1989 | $84.2 million | $74.5 million | $35.3 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.