# METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL FS & LA

> **Failed bank** · DALLAS, TX · failed 1989-08-10 · SL · FDIC cost $318M

## What happened

METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL FS & LA of DALLAS, TX was closed by state regulators on **1989-08-10**. 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:** 2479
- **FDIC Certificate:** 27651
- **FDIC FIN:** 7094
- **Bank name:** METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL FS & LA
- **Location:** DALLAS, TX
- **Failure date:** 1989-08-10
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1990-06-22
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $318M
- **Deposits at failure:** $663M
- **Assets at failure:** $800M
- **Acquiring bank:** UNITED SA OF THE SW, FSB (HOUSTON, TX)

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

- MURRAY SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (DALLAS, TX) — failed 1989-04-05 — /failed-bank/2312
- AMERIWAY SAVINGS (HOUSTON, TX) — failed 1989-03-09 — /failed-bank/2199

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=METROPOLITAN%20FINANCIAL%20FS%20%26%20LA

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL FS & LA (FDIC ID 2479), failed 1989-08-10. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2479.

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