Record · Bank
UNIVERSAL SA
UNIVERSAL SA held $142.1 million in total assets at failure as of March 9, 1989, according to the FDIC.
UNIVERSAL SA, of HOUSTON, TX, was an FDIC-insured institution that closed on March 9, 1989, as the FDIC records it.
The failure
- March 9, 1989
- Closed
- $142.1 million
- Assets at failure
- $142,144,000
- $260.4 million
- Deposits at failure
- $260,435,000
- $290.0 million
- Estimated cost to the insurance fund
- $289,958,480
- The FDIC's estimate as of July 31, 2026; it revises the estimate as it sells the bank's assets.
- CHANNELVIEW BANK
- Acquired by
- CHANNELVIEW, TX
The FDIC’s entry
- FDIC certificate number
- 31582
- Resolution
- FAILURE
- Transaction type
- IDT
- Charter class
- SL
- Insurance fund
- RTC
- Insured since
- August 9, 1989
- Established
- January 1, 1969
- Recorded in
- The FDIC’s failures data
Sources
- FDIC failures — every bank failure and assistance transaction since 1934 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 27, 2026
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