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What happened to Colorado FSB?
Colorado FSB in Sterling, CO (earlier called Colorado Federal Savings Bank) failed, and Colorado Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Sterling, CO took it over on Sep 28, 1989. After 1 more change of hands, what was Colorado FSB is today part of Colorado Federal Savings Bank (Greenwood Village, CO).
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.
- 1986Colorado Federal Savings Bank opens in Sterling, CO
- Mar 31, 1989renamed Colorado FSB
- Sep 28, 1989FAILEDColorado FSB failed, and Colorado Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Sterling, CO took it over.FDIC certificate 32507 ends; its business continues under certificate 32807.
- Jun 29, 1990RESOLVEDColorado Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Sterling, CO was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Colorado Federal Savings Bank of Greenwood Village, CO.FDIC certificate 32807 ends; its business continues under certificate 33111.
- TodayOPEN
Colorado Federal Savings BankMain office Greenwood Village, CO · FDIC certificate 33111 · 1 office in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Colorado Federal Savings Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.coloradofederalbank.com
If you still have something from Colorado FSB
A lien that was never released
Colorado FSB failed on Sep 28, 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 Colorado Federal Savings Bank 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, Colorado Savings Bank, F.S.B.). Start with Colorado Federal Savings Bank, and ask them to search under the name Colorado FSB.
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 Colorado Federal Savings 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.
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 32507 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.