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What happened to Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal Savings Bank?
Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal Savings Bank in Bellevue, WA (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into Columbia State Bank of Tacoma, WA on Mar 11, 1994. After 1 more change of hands, what was Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal Savings Bank is today part of Columbia Bank (Roseburg, OR).
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.
- 1924First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Bellevue, WA
- Aug 31, 1988renamed First Federal Savings Bank Northwest
- Jun 18, 1991renamed Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal Savings Bank
- Mar 11, 1994MERGEDColumbia Savings Bank, A Federal Savings Bank merged into Columbia State Bank of Tacoma, WA.FDIC certificate 28310 ends; its business continues under certificate 33826.
- Mar 1, 2023MERGEDColumbia State Bank of Tacoma, WA merged into Umpqua Bank of Roseburg, OR.FDIC certificate 33826 ends; its business continues under certificate 17266.
- TodayOPEN
Columbia BankMain office Roseburg, OR · FDIC certificate 17266 · 360 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every Columbia Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.columbiabank.com/
If you still have something from Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal Savings Bank as lienholder, start with Columbia 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 Columbia Bank to search for the account under the name Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal 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 Columbia Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Columbia Savings Bank, A Federal 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.
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 28310 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.