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What happened to Western Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association?
Western Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association in Yorba Linda, CA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Southern California Bank of Newport Beach, CA on Aug 31, 1990. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Western Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association is today part of U.S. 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.
- 1990Western Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Yorba Linda, CA
- Aug 31, 1990RESOLVEDWestern Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Southern California Bank of Newport Beach, CA.FDIC certificate 32927 ends; its business continues under certificate 19028.
- Nov 15, 1999MERGEDSouthern California Bank of Newport Beach, CA merged into U.S. Bank National Association of Minneapolis, MN.FDIC certificate 19028 ends; its business continues under certificate 5134.
- Aug 9, 2001MERGEDU.S. Bank National Association of Minneapolis, MN merged into U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH.FDIC certificate 5134 ends; its business continues under certificate 6548.
- TodayOPEN
U.S. Bank National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6548 · 2,097 offices in 29 states on June 30, 2026Every U.S. Bank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.usbank.com
If you still have something from Western Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Western Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association was closed in a federal resolution on Aug 31, 1990. 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 U.S. 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, Southern California Bank). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Western Empire 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 U.S. 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 ▾
Banks folded into Western Empire Federal Savings and Loan Association
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Western Empire Savings and Loan AssociationYorba Linda, CA | Feb 16, 1990 |
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 32927 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.