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What happened to Hidalgo Savings and Loan Association?
Hidalgo Savings and Loan Association in Edinburg, TX failed, and Hidalgo Federal Savings and Loan Association of Edinburg, TX took it over on Sep 21, 1990. The chain runs 3 steps further and ends with no operating bank.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1958Hidalgo Savings and Loan Association opens in Edinburg, TX
- Sep 21, 1990FAILEDHidalgo Savings and Loan Association failed, and Hidalgo Federal Savings and Loan Association of Edinburg, TX took it over.FDIC certificate 31080 ends; its business continues under certificate 33214.
- Aug 9, 1991RESOLVEDHidalgo Federal Savings and Loan Association of Edinburg, TX was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The San Benito Bank & Trust Company of San Benito, TX.FDIC certificate 33214 ends; its business continues under certificate 11168.
- Feb 1, 1995MERGEDThe San Benito Bank & Trust Company of San Benito, TX merged into Pacific Southwest Bank of Corpus Christi, TX.FDIC certificate 11168 ends; its business continues under certificate 32641.
- Mar 19, 2001CLOSEDPacific Southwest Bank of Corpus Christi, TX closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 32641 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Hidalgo Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Hidalgo Savings and Loan Association failed on Sep 21, 1990, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Hidalgo Federal Savings and Loan Association).
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. A box abandoned for years may have been turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 31080 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.