# UNION BANK OF HOUSTON

> **Failed bank** · HOUSTON, TX · failed 1988-12-01 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $13M

## What happened

UNION BANK OF HOUSTON of HOUSTON, TX was closed by regulators on **1988-12-01**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

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


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 1987
- **FDIC Certificate:** 19092
- **FDIC FIN:** 2937
- **Bank name:** UNION BANK OF HOUSTON
- **Location:** HOUSTON, TX
- **Failure date:** 1988-12-01
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1988-12-01
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $13M
- **Deposits at failure:** $49M
- **Assets at failure:** $55M
- **Acquiring bank:** TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NA (HOUSTON, TX)

## Other banks TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NA has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- WEST HOUSTON NATIONAL BANK (HOUSTON, TX) — failed 1988-08-11 — /failed-bank/1854
- FIRST HOUSTON BANK, N.A. (HOUSTON, TX) — failed 1988-02-11 — /failed-bank/1624
- WESTERN BANK-NORTH WILCREST, N.A (HOUSTON, TX) — failed 1987-10-01 — /failed-bank/1530
- WESTERN BANK-WESTWOOD, N.A. (HOUSTON, TX) — failed 1987-10-01 — /failed-bank/1529
- BANK OF NORTH AMERICA (HOUSTON, TX) — failed 1987-08-27 — /failed-bank/1504
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY BANK, N.A. (THE WOODLANDS, TX) — failed 1987-01-29 — /failed-bank/1352

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=UNION%20BANK%20OF%20HOUSTON

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, UNION BANK OF HOUSTON (FDIC ID 1987), failed 1988-12-01. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/1987.

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