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FDIC certificate 31387 · Portland, OR

What happened to Fred Meyer Savings and Loan Association?

Fred Meyer Savings and Loan Association in Portland, OR merged into American Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Association of Salt Lake City, UT on Dec 31, 1981. After 7 more changes of hands, what was Fred Meyer Savings and Loan Association is today part of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Columbus, OH).

1961
opened
1981
merged away
1
name it used
8
steps to today's bank

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.

  1. 1961
    Fred Meyer Savings and Loan Association opens in Portland, OR
  2. Dec 31, 1981
    MERGEDFred Meyer Savings and Loan Association merged into American Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Association of Salt Lake City, UT.FDIC certificate 31387 ends; its business continues under certificate 28582.
  3. Sep 7, 1989
    FAILEDAmerican Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Association of Salt Lake City, UT failed, and American Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Salt Lake City, UT took it over.FDIC certificate 28582 ends; its business continues under certificate 32791. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Feb 17, 1989.
  4. Jun 8, 1990
    RESOLVEDAmerican Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Salt Lake City, UT was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Pacific First Federal Savings Bank of Seattle, WA.FDIC certificate 32791 ends; its business continues under certificate 28221.
  5. Jul 31, 1990
    MERGEDPacific First Federal Savings Bank of Seattle, WA merged into Pacific First Bank, A FSB of Seattle, WA.FDIC certificate 28221 ends; its business continues under certificate 28891.
  6. Apr 12, 1993
    MERGEDPacific First Bank, A FSB of Seattle, WA merged into Washington Mutual, A FSB of Seattle, WA.FDIC certificate 28891 ends; its business continues under certificate 28089.
  7. Dec 2, 1995
    MERGEDWashington Mutual, A FSB of Seattle, WA merged into Washington Mutual Bank of Seattle, WA.FDIC certificate 28089 ends; its business continues under certificate 9576.
  8. Jan 1, 2005
    MERGEDWashington Mutual Bank of Seattle, WA merged into Washington Mutual Bank, FA of Henderson, NV.FDIC certificate 9576 ends; its business continues under certificate 32633.
  9. Sep 25, 2008
    FAILEDWashington Mutual Bank, FA (by then renamed Washington Mutual Bank) of Henderson, NV failed, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association of Columbus, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 32633 ends; its business continues under certificate 628.
  10. Today
    OPEN
    JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 628 · 5,141 offices in 49 states on June 30, 2026

    Every JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association office →   Website on file with the FDIC: www.jpmorganchase.com

If you still have something from Fred Meyer Savings and Loan Association

A lien that was never released

American Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Association failed on Feb 17, 1989, 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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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, American Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association). Start with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Fred Meyer 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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 31387 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.