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What happened to Pacific Heritage Bank?
Pacific Heritage Bank in Torrance, CA failed, and California Federal Bank, A FSB of San Francisco, CA took it over on Jul 28, 1995. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Pacific Heritage Bank is today part of Citibank, National Association (Sioux Falls, SD).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1981Pacific Heritage Bank opens in Torrance, CA
- Jul 28, 1995FAILEDPacific Heritage Bank failed, and California Federal Bank, A FSB of San Francisco, CA took it over.FDIC certificate 23319 ends; its business continues under certificate 30278.
- Nov 13, 2002MERGEDCalifornia Federal Bank, A FSB (by then renamed California Federal Bank) of San Francisco, CA merged into Citibank (West), FSB of San Francisco, CA.FDIC certificate 30278 ends; its business continues under certificate 57443.
- Oct 1, 2006MERGEDCitibank (West), FSB (by then renamed West, National Association) of San Francisco, CA merged into Citibank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 57443 ends; its business continues under certificate 7213.
- TodayOPEN
Citibank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 7213 · 667 offices in 14 states on June 30, 2026Every Citibank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.citibank.com
If you still have something from Pacific Heritage Bank
A lien that was never released
Pacific Heritage Bank failed on Jul 28, 1995. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to Citibank, National Association, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, California Federal Bank, A FSB). Start with Citibank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Pacific Heritage Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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. Today, ask Citibank, National Association. 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.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
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 ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
3 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 18505 S Western AveGardena, CA | OpenCitibank, National Association |
| 211 S Central AveLos Angeles, CA | OpenCitibank, National Association |
| 3440 Torrance BoulevardTorrance, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Pacific Heritage Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 5 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Progressive Savings Bank, FSBPasadena, CA | Mar 13, 1992 |
| Charter Savings Bank, F.S.B.Newport Beach, CA | Dec 7, 1990 |
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 23319 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.