# CENTRE SA, FA

> **Failed bank** · ARLINGTON, TX · failed 1991-08-16 · SL · FDIC cost $5M

## What happened

CENTRE SA, FA of ARLINGTON, TX was closed by state regulators on **1991-08-16**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **AMERICAN FB, FSB** (DALLAS, TX). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3165
- **FDIC Certificate:** 32252
- **FDIC FIN:** 2164
- **Bank name:** CENTRE SA, FA
- **Location:** ARLINGTON, TX
- **Failure date:** 1991-08-16
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1992-02-21
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $5M
- **Deposits at failure:** $16M
- **Assets at failure:** $15M
- **Acquiring bank:** AMERICAN FB, FSB (DALLAS, TX)

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=CENTRE%20SA%2C%20FA

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, CENTRE SA, FA (FDIC ID 3165), failed 1991-08-16. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3165.

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