Data / Bank failures / 1987 / Western Bank
Western Bank, El Paso, TX: failed March 12, 1987
Western Bank in El Paso, Texas, failed on March 12, 1987. Mbank El Paso National A of El Paso, TX, took over its deposits. It held $46.7 million in assets and $46.1 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $13.5 million (28.9% of its assets). By assets it was the 86th largest of 262 banks closed or assisted in 1987.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- March 12, 1987
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Mbank El Paso National A, El Paso, TX
- Total assets
- $46,701,000
- Total deposits
- $46,082,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $13,489,290 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 20915
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 2026-10-24. 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.