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What happened to Banamex USA?
Banamex USA in Century City, CA (earlier called Community Bank of San Jose and 2 other names) closed voluntarily on Jun 30, 2017. It did not fail.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1963Community Bank of San Jose opens in Century City, CA
- Jun 1, 1980renamed California Commerce Bank
- Jan 3, 2006renamed Citibank (Banamex USA)
- Dec 15, 2009renamed Banamex USA
- Jun 30, 2017CLOSEDBanamex USA closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 18923 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Banamex USA
A lien that was never released
Banamex USA closed voluntarily, and the FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that closed voluntarily and liquidated or closed without government assistance. The FDIC says it may be able to help only where the lender was a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership.
Our suggestion, not the FDIC's: a title company or real-estate attorney in the county where the lien is recorded will know how that state clears a lien from a lender that no longer exists.
An old account, passbook or CD
With no successor bank to ask, go to the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records. The OCC gives the same advice for old records from a bank that no longer exists.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Contents of boxes left behind are handled under state unclaimed-property law. Start with the unclaimed-property program of California, where the box was.
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.
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
27 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 730 Broadway, Ste 200Chula Vista, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 418 W San Ysidro BlvdSan Ysidro, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 2029 Century Park East, Suite 4200Century City, CA | No longer reported |
| 15900 LA Cantera ParkwaySan Antonio, TX | No longer reported |
| 5015 Westheimer Rd Suite A3201Houston, TX | No longer reported |
| 2370 N. Expressway, Suite 1226Brownsville, TX | No longer reported |
| 337 W. Mariposa Rd.Nogales, AZ | No longer reported |
| 2204 S. 10th StMcallen, TX | No longer reported |
| 5300 San Dario Avenue, Suite 127Laredo, TX | No longer reported |
| 2325 Roll DriveSan Diego, CA | No longer reported |
| 416 W.san Ysidro Blvd Suites C-ESan Diego, CA | No longer reported |
| 425 N. KansasEl Paso, TX | No longer reported |
| 200 East Fourth StreetCalexico, CA | No longer reported |
| 5250 Philadelphia StreetChino, CA | No longer reported |
| 960 N. Mountain AvenueOntario, CA | No longer reported |
| 928 N. San Fernando Blvd.Burbank, CA | No longer reported |
| 2248 W. Beverly BlvdMontebello, CA | No longer reported |
| 19361-C Saticoy StreetReseda, CA | No longer reported |
| 27959 Seco Canyon RoadSanta Clarita, CA | No longer reported |
| 2278 East Lincoln AveAnaheim, CA | No longer reported |
| 1363 West Whittier BlvdLA Habra, CA | No longer reported |
| 28121 Crown ValleyLaguna Niguel, CA | No longer reported |
| 13771 Newport AveTustin, CA | No longer reported |
| 5438 East Whittier BoulevardCity Of Commerce, CA | No longer reported |
| 111 West St. John StreetSan Jose, CA | No longer reported |
| 401 West A Street, Suite 120San Diego, CA | No longer reported |
| 25 East Third StreetCalexico, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Banamex USA
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Mexican American National BankSan Diego, CA | Jun 1, 1980 |
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 18923 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.