# LAMAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION

> **Failed bank** · AUSTIN, TX · failed 1988-05-18 · SL · FDIC cost $2,018M

## What happened

LAMAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION of AUSTIN, TX was closed by state regulators on **1988-05-18**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** A/A

Deposits were transferred to **SOUTHWEST SA** (DALLAS, TX). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 1751
- **FDIC Certificate:** 27750
- **FDIC FIN:** 1795
- **Bank name:** LAMAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
- **Location:** AUSTIN, TX
- **Failure date:** 1988-05-18
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1988-05-18
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** A/A
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $2,018M
- **Deposits at failure:** $2,092M
- **Assets at failure:** $1,940M
- **Acquiring bank:** SOUTHWEST SA (DALLAS, TX)

## Other banks SOUTHWEST SA has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- STOCKTON SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (DALLAS, TX) — failed 1988-05-18 — /failed-bank/1754
- CITY S&LA (SAN ANGELO, TX) — failed 1988-05-18 — /failed-bank/1753
- BRIERCROFT SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (AUSTIN, TX) — failed 1988-05-18 — /failed-bank/1752

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=LAMAR%20SAVINGS%20ASSOCIATION

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, LAMAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (FDIC ID 1751), failed 1988-05-18. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/1751.

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