# WILLIAMSTOWN BANK, N.A.

> **Failed bank** · HOUSTON, TX · failed 1988-06-02 · National commercial bank (OCC-chartered) · FDIC cost $6M

## What happened

WILLIAMSTOWN BANK, N.A. of HOUSTON, TX was closed by the OCC on **1988-06-02**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

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


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 1768
- **FDIC Certificate:** 24190
- **FDIC FIN:** 2827
- **Bank name:** WILLIAMSTOWN BANK, N.A.
- **Location:** HOUSTON, TX
- **Failure date:** 1988-06-02
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1988-06-02
- **Charter type:** National commercial bank (OCC-chartered)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $6M
- **Deposits at failure:** $23M
- **Assets at failure:** $23M
- **Acquiring bank:** CITY NATIONAL BANK (HOUSTON, TX)

## Other banks CITY NATIONAL BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- NEVADA COMMERCE BANK (LAS VEGAS, NV) — failed 2011-04-08 — /failed-bank/3918
- SUN WEST BANK (LAS VEGAS, NV) — failed 2010-05-28 — /failed-bank/3807
- 1st PACIFIC BANK OF CALIFORNIA (SAN DIEGO, CA) — failed 2010-05-07 — /failed-bank/3800
- IMPERIAL CAPITAL BANK (LA JOLLA, CA) — failed 2009-12-18 — /failed-bank/3728

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=WILLIAMSTOWN%20BANK%2C%20N.A.

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, WILLIAMSTOWN BANK, N.A. (FDIC ID 1768), failed 1988-06-02. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/1768.

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