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What happened to Columbia Federal Savings and Loan Association?
Columbia Federal Savings and Loan Association in Astoria, OR merged into Far West Federal Bank, Savings Bank of Portland, OR on Jun 30, 1981. After 4 more changes of hands, what was Columbia Federal Savings and Loan Association is today part of KeyBank National Association (Cleveland, OH).
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.
- 1961Columbia Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Astoria, OR
- Jun 30, 1981MERGEDColumbia Federal Savings and Loan Association merged into Far West Federal Bank, Savings Bank of Portland, OR.FDIC certificate 31246 ends; its business continues under certificate 29202.
- Jun 7, 1991FAILEDFar West Federal Bank, Savings Bank (by then renamed Far West Federal Bank, S. B.) of Portland, OR failed, and Far West Federal Savings Bank of Portland, OR took it over.FDIC certificate 29202 ends; its business continues under certificate 33420. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure May 23, 1991.
- Apr 15, 1994RESOLVEDFar West Federal Savings Bank of Portland, OR was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Key Bank of Oregon of Portland, OR.FDIC certificate 33420 ends; its business continues under certificate 9477.
- Jun 30, 1997MERGEDKey Bank of Oregon (by then renamed KeyBank National Association) of Portland, OR merged into KeyBank National Association of Salt Lake City, UT.FDIC certificate 9477 ends; its business continues under certificate 1254.
- Jun 30, 1997MERGEDKeyBank National Association of Salt Lake City, UT merged into KeyBank National Association of Cleveland, OH.FDIC certificate 1254 ends; its business continues under certificate 17534.
- TodayOPEN
KeyBank National AssociationMain office Cleveland, OH · FDIC certificate 17534 · 951 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every KeyBank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.key.com
If you still have something from Columbia Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Far West Federal Bank, S. B. failed on May 23, 1991, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask KeyBank National Association as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Far West Federal Savings Bank). Start with KeyBank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Columbia Federal Savings and Loan Association.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
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 KeyBank 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.
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 31246 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.