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What happened to Perpetual Savings Bank?
Perpetual Savings Bank in Los Angeles, CA (earlier called First Business Savings and Loan Association) was merged into Perpetual Savings Association A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Santa Ana, CA with federal assistance on Mar 19, 1987. After 4 more changes of hands, what was Perpetual Savings Bank is today part of Fifth Third Bank, National Association (Cincinnati, 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.
- 1982First Business Savings and Loan Association opens in Los Angeles, CA
- May 31, 1984renamed Perpetual Savings Bank
- Mar 19, 1987ASSISTED MERGERPerpetual Savings Bank was merged into Perpetual Savings Association A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Santa Ana, CA with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 32183 ends; its business continues under certificate 32528.
- Aug 25, 1989RESOLVEDPerpetual Savings Association A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Santa Ana, CA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Bank of Industry of City Of Industry, CA.FDIC certificate 32528 ends; its business continues under certificate 23363. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Apr 6, 1989.
- Jun 1, 1992MERGEDBank of Industry of City Of Industry, CA merged into Plaza Bank of Commerce of San Jose, CA.FDIC certificate 23363 ends; its business continues under certificate 22894.
- Jun 30, 2003MERGEDPlaza Bank of Commerce (by then renamed Comerica Bank-California) of San Jose, CA merged into Comerica Bank of Dallas, TX.FDIC certificate 22894 ends; its business continues under certificate 983.
- Feb 1, 2026MERGEDComerica Bank of Dallas, TX merged into Fifth Third Bank, National Association of Cincinnati, OH.FDIC certificate 983 ends; its business continues under certificate 6672.
- TodayOPEN
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6672 · 1,513 offices in 15 states on June 30, 2026Every Fifth Third Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.53.com
If you still have something from Perpetual Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
Perpetual Savings Association A Federal Savings and Loan Association failed on Apr 6, 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 Fifth Third 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, Bank of Industry). Start with Fifth Third Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Perpetual Savings Bank.
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 Fifth Third 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 32183 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.