# UNITEDBANK-HOUSTON

> **Failed bank** · HOUSTON, TX · failed 1987-04-30 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $111M

## What happened

UNITEDBANK-HOUSTON of HOUSTON, TX was closed by regulators on **1987-04-30**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank

Deposits were transferred to **AMERICAN BANK** (HOUSTON, TX). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 1426
- **FDIC Certificate:** 18595
- **FDIC FIN:** 6854
- **Bank name:** UNITEDBANK-HOUSTON
- **Location:** HOUSTON, TX
- **Failure date:** 1987-04-30
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1987-04-30
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised)
- **Resolution type:** Insured Deposit Transfer — insured deposits transferred to another bank
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $111M
- **Deposits at failure:** $183M
- **Assets at failure:** $217M
- **Acquiring bank:** AMERICAN BANK (HOUSTON, TX)

## Other banks AMERICAN BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- JENNINGS FSA (JENNINGS, LA) — failed 1990-05-18 — /failed-bank/2770

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=UNITEDBANK-HOUSTON

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, UNITEDBANK-HOUSTON (FDIC ID 1426), failed 1987-04-30. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/1426.

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