# WESTERN NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISIANA

> **Failed bank** · KAPLAN, LA · failed 1989-10-26 · National commercial bank (OCC-chartered) · FDIC cost $1M

## What happened

WESTERN NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISIANA of KAPLAN, LA was closed by the OCC on **1989-10-26**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **KAPLAN STATE BANK** (KAPLAN, LA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 2542
- **FDIC Certificate:** 24704
- **FDIC FIN:** 4111
- **Bank name:** WESTERN NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISIANA
- **Location:** KAPLAN, LA
- **Failure date:** 1989-10-26
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1989-10-26
- **Charter type:** National commercial bank (OCC-chartered)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $1M
- **Deposits at failure:** $12M
- **Assets at failure:** $12M
- **Acquiring bank:** KAPLAN STATE BANK (KAPLAN, LA)

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, WESTERN NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISIANA (FDIC ID 2542), failed 1989-10-26. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/2542.

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