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What happened to University Savings Bank?
University Savings Bank in Seattle, WA merged into First Interstate Bank of Washington, National Association of Seattle, WA on Jan 7, 1995. After 1 more change of hands, what was University Savings Bank is today part of Wells Fargo Bank, 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.
- 1915University Savings Bank opens in Seattle, WA
- Jan 7, 1995MERGEDUniversity Savings Bank merged into First Interstate Bank of Washington, National Association of Seattle, WA.FDIC certificate 27071 ends; its business continues under certificate 2981.
- Jun 6, 1996MERGEDFirst Interstate Bank of Washington, National Association of Seattle, WA merged into Wells Fargo Bank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 2981 ends; its business continues under certificate 3511.
- TodayOPEN
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 3511 · 4,157 offices in 40 states on June 30, 2026Every Wells Fargo Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wellsfargo.com
If you still have something from University Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows University Savings Bank as lienholder, start with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name University Savings 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the University Savings 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
25 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 7 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1600 Queen Anne Ave NSeattle, WA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 1819 Nw Market StSeattle, WA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 4009 E Madison StSeattle, WA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 3042 Ne 45th StSeattle, WA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 8517 35th Ave NeSeattle, WA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 4111 S Steele StTacoma, WA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 360 Nw Richmond Beach RdSeattle, WA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 130 Fifth Avenue SouthEdmonds, WA | No longer reported |
| 317 South 72nd StreetTacoma, WA | No longer reported |
| 6902 Sixth AvenueTacoma, WA | No longer reported |
| 7109 Pioneer WayGig Harbor, WA | No longer reported |
| 10318 Gravelly Lake Drive, SouthwestTacoma, WA | No longer reported |
| 14500 Greenwood Avenue N.Shoreline, WA | No longer reported |
| Hi. 2833 N.E. Sunset BoulevardRenton, WA | No longer reported |
| 346 15th Ave ESeattle, WA | No longer reported |
| 13633 - 100th Avenue, N.E.Kirkland, WA | No longer reported |
| 10001 N.E. Eighth StreetBellevue, WA | No longer reported |
| 6615 - 132nd Avenue, N.E.Kirkland, WA | No longer reported |
| 1037 N.E. 65th StreetSeattle, WA | No longer reported |
| 3308 West McgrawSeattle, WA | No longer reported |
| 4822 California Avenue, S.W.Seattle, WA | No longer reported |
| 3051 - 78th Avenue, S.E.Mercer Island, WA | No longer reported |
| 6400 Roosevelt Way, N.E.Seattle, WA | No longer reported |
| 1120 N.E. 45th StreetSeattle, WA | No longer reported |
| 501 University StreetSeattle, WA | No longer reported |
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 27071 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.