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What happened to United National Bank?
United National Bank in San Marino, CA merged into East West Bank of Pasadena, CA on Sep 7, 2005. East West Bank is open today.
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.
- 1983United National Bank opens in San Marino, CA
- Sep 7, 2005MERGEDUnited National Bank merged into East West Bank of Pasadena, CA.FDIC certificate 24526 ends; its business continues under certificate 31628.
- TodayOPEN
East West BankMain office Pasadena, CA · FDIC certificate 31628 · 97 offices in 7 states on June 30, 2026Every East West Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.eastwestbank.com
If you still have something from United National Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows United National Bank as lienholder, start with East West Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask East West Bank to search for the account under the name United National Bank. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask East West Bank which branch now holds boxes from the United National Bank office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be 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
13 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1728 Hostetter Rd, Ste 10San Jose, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 1680 S Azusa AveCity Of Industry, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 800 E Valley BlvdSan Gabriel, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 20607 Amar Rd, Ste 1Walnut, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 2090 Huntington DrSan Marino, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 14845 Jeffrey RdIrvine, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 855 South Atlantic Blvd.Monterey Park, CA | No longer reported |
| 450 North Roxbury DriveBeverly Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 11850 E. South StreetCerritos, CA | No longer reported |
| 11008 Bellaire BlvdHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| 10001 North De Anza BlvdCupertino, CA | No longer reported |
| 2090 Huntington DriveSan Marino, CA | No longer reported |
| 631 South Olive StreetLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into United National Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 2 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| United Bank TexasFlatonia, TX | Feb 8, 2002 |
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 24526 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.