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What happened to Imperial Capital Bank?
Imperial Capital Bank in La Jolla, CA (earlier called Imperial Thrift and Loan Association) failed, and City National Bank of Los Angeles, CA took it over on Dec 18, 2009. City National 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.
- 1973Imperial Thrift and Loan Association opens in La Jolla, CA
- Jan 1, 2000renamed Imperial Capital Bank
- Dec 18, 2009FAILEDImperial Capital Bank failed, and City National Bank of Los Angeles, CA took it over.FDIC certificate 26348 ends; its business continues under certificate 17281.
- TodayOPEN
City National BankMain office Los Angeles, CA · FDIC certificate 17281 · 66 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every City National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.cnb.com
If you still have something from Imperial Capital Bank
A lien that was never released
Imperial Capital Bank failed on Dec 18, 2009. 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 City National Bank, 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, City National Bank). Start with City National Bank, and ask them to search under the name Imperial Capital 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 City National Bank. 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
21 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 8641 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 101Beverly Hills, CA | OpenCity National Bank |
| 1717 College Parkway, Suite 106Carson City, NV | No longer reported |
| 7207 West Sahara, Suite 130Las Vegas, NV | No longer reported |
| 200 Saint Paul Place, Suite 5Baltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 16055 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 110Encino, CA | No longer reported |
| 500 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 100Glendale, CA | No longer reported |
| 888 Prospect Street, Suite 110LA Jolla, CA | No longer reported |
| 888 Prospect Street, Suite 200LA Jolla, CA | No longer reported |
| 550 West C Street, Suite 110San Diego, CA | No longer reported |
| 611 Anton Boulevard, Suite 110Costa Mesa, CA | No longer reported |
| 580 California Street, Suite 150San Francisco, CA | No longer reported |
| 1227 High Bluff Drive, SuiteSan Diego, CA | No longer reported |
| 7979 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 150LA Jolla, CA | No longer reported |
| 21300 Victory BoulevardWoodland Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 181 East Fourth AvenueSan Mateo, CA | No longer reported |
| 2220 Watt AvenueSacramento, CA | No longer reported |
| 912 Saratoga AvenueSan Jose, CA | No longer reported |
| 2560 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 104Fresno, CA | No longer reported |
| 700 North Central AvenueGlendale, CA | No longer reported |
| 5524-A Springdale AvenuePleasanton, CA | No longer reported |
| 700 North Central AvenueGlendale, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Imperial Capital Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Asahi Bank of CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA | Jan 31, 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 26348 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.