# AMERIWAY SAVINGS

> **Failed bank** · HOUSTON, TX · failed 1989-03-09 · SL · FDIC cost $208M

## What happened

AMERIWAY SAVINGS of HOUSTON, TX was closed by state regulators on **1989-03-09**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **UNITED SA OF THE SW, FSB** (HOUSTON, TX). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 2199
- **FDIC Certificate:** 31413
- **FDIC FIN:** 6995
- **Bank name:** AMERIWAY SAVINGS
- **Location:** HOUSTON, TX
- **Failure date:** 1989-03-09
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1990-05-11
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $208M
- **Deposits at failure:** $237M
- **Assets at failure:** $177M
- **Acquiring bank:** UNITED SA OF THE SW, FSB (HOUSTON, TX)

## Other banks UNITED SA OF THE SW, FSB has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL FS & LA (DALLAS, TX) — failed 1989-08-10 — /failed-bank/2479
- MURRAY SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (DALLAS, TX) — failed 1989-04-05 — /failed-bank/2312

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, AMERIWAY SAVINGS (FDIC ID 2199), failed 1989-03-09. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2199.

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