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What happened to United Commercial Bank?
United Commercial Bank in San Francisco, CA (earlier called United Savings Bank, F.S.B.) failed, and East West Bank of Pasadena, CA took it over on Nov 6, 2009. East West Bank is open today.
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.
- 1986United Savings Bank, F.S.B. opens in San Francisco, CA
- Jan 1, 1998renamed United Commercial Bank
- Nov 6, 2009FAILEDUnited Commercial Bank failed, and East West Bank of Pasadena, CA took it over.FDIC certificate 32469 ends; its business continues under certificate 31628.
- TodayOPEN
East West BankMain office Pasadena, CA · FDIC certificate 31628 · 97 offices in 7 states on June 30, 2026Every East West Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.eastwestbank.com
If you still have something from United Commercial Bank
A lien that was never released
United Commercial Bank failed on Nov 6, 2009. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to East West Bank, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, East West Bank). Start with East West Bank, and ask them to search under the name United Commercial Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 East West Bank. 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. 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
75 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 35 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 208 Canal StNew York, NY | OpenEast West Bank |
| 19756 Colima RdRowland Heights, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 900 Webster StOakland, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 68 Harrison AveBoston, MA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 77 BoweryNew York, NY | OpenEast West Bank |
| 17801 Pioneer Boulevard, Suites I & JArtesia, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 2540 Pleasant Hill RdDuluth, GA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 555 Montgomery StSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 15333 Culver Dr, Ste 670Irvine, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 34420 Fremont Blvd, Ste FFremont, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 46615 Mission BlvdFremont, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 10900 Ne 4th St, Ste 200Bellevue, WA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 219 Quincy AveQuincy, MA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 2533 Noriega StSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 2996 S Norfolk St, Ste ASan Mateo, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 4790 Freeport BlvdSacramento, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 3490 Shallowford Rd Ne, Ste 100Atlanta, GA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 13511 Roosevelt AveFlushing, NY | OpenEast West Bank |
| 3805 Union StFlushing, NY | OpenEast West Bank |
| 27 E 4th AveSan Mateo, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 468 Barber Ln, Unit 380AMilpitas, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 1301 Stockton StSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 5607 Rosemead BlvdTemple City, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 192 Skyline PlzDaly City, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 743 Washington StSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 5801 8th AveBrooklyn, NY | OpenEast West Bank |
| 2727 Paces Ferry Rd Se, Suite 1-50Atlanta, GA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 498 Clement StSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 1066 Grant AveSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 1001 Story Rd, Ste 130San Jose, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 5501 Geary BlvdSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 2219 Irving StSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 1322 Avenue U, # 1328Brooklyn, NY | OpenEast West Bank |
| 3601 Balboa StSan Francisco, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 767 N Hill StLos Angeles, CA | OpenEast West Bank |
| 8002 West LaneStockton, CA | No longer reported |
| 4360 Chamblee-Dunwoody RoadAtlanta, GA | No longer reported |
| 131 BoweryNew York, NY | No longer reported |
| 27 East BroadwayNew York, NY | No longer reported |
| 3550 E. Philadelphia Street, Unit 110Ontario, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into United Commercial Bank
9 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 13 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Chinese American BankNew York, NY | May 24, 2007 |
| The Summit National BankAtlanta, GA | Dec 29, 2006 |
| Asian American Bank and Trust CompanyBoston, MA | Nov 29, 2005 |
| Pacifica BankBellevue, WA | Nov 4, 2005 |
| First Continental BankRosemead, CA | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Bank of Canton of CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Golden Coin Savings and Loan AssociationSan Francisco, CA | May 31, 1992 |
| Global Savings Bank, FSBSan Francisco, CA | Sep 30, 1990 |
| United Bank, SSBSan Francisco, CA | Apr 1, 1986 |
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 32469 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.