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What happened to Founders Federal Savings and Loan Association?
Founders Federal Savings and Loan Association in Los Angeles, CA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Founders National Bank of Los Angeles, CA on Jan 18, 1991. After 1 more change of hands, what was Founders Federal Savings and Loan Association is today part of OneUnited Bank (Boston, MA).
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.
- 1989Founders Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Los Angeles, CA
- Jan 18, 1991RESOLVEDFounders Federal Savings and Loan Association was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Founders National Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 32792 ends; its business continues under certificate 33305.
- Apr 30, 2001MERGEDFounders National Bank of Los Angeles, CA merged into The Boston Bank of Commerce of Boston, MA.FDIC certificate 33305 ends; its business continues under certificate 23966.
- TodayOPEN
OneUnited BankMain office Boston, MA · FDIC certificate 23966 · 5 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every OneUnited Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.oneunited.com
If you still have something from Founders Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Founders Federal Savings and Loan Association was closed in a federal resolution on Jan 18, 1991. 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 OneUnited 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, Founders National Bank). Start with OneUnited Bank, and ask them to search under the name Founders 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 OneUnited 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 ▾
Banks folded into Founders Federal Savings and Loan Association
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Founders Savings and Loan AssociationLos Angeles, CA | Sep 7, 1989 |
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 32792 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.