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What happened to Pacific Union Bank?
Pacific Union Bank in Los Angeles, CA (earlier called California Korea Bank) merged into Hanmi Bank of Los Angeles, CA on May 1, 2004. Hanmi 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.
- 1974California Korea Bank opens in Los Angeles, CA
- May 15, 2000renamed Pacific Union Bank
- May 1, 2004MERGEDPacific Union Bank merged into Hanmi Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 21765 ends; its business continues under certificate 24170.
- TodayOPEN
Hanmi BankMain office Los Angeles, CA · FDIC certificate 24170 · 33 offices in 7 states on June 30, 2026Every Hanmi Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.hanmi.com
If you still have something from Pacific Union Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Pacific Union Bank as lienholder, start with Hanmi Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Hanmi Bank to search for the account under the name Pacific Union Bank. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
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
Ask Hanmi Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Pacific Union Bank office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be 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
15 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 933 S Vermont AveLos Angeles, CA | OpenHanmi Bank |
| 3660 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 103Los Angeles, CA | OpenHanmi Bank |
| 21838 Hawthorne BlvdTorrance, CA | OpenHanmi Bank |
| 3099 W Olympic BlvdLos Angeles, CA | OpenHanmi Bank |
| 14427 Sherman WayVan Nuys, CA | OpenHanmi Bank |
| 928 S Western Ave, Ste 260Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 11900 South Street, Suite 109Cerritos, CA | No longer reported |
| 401 C 11th Street, 2nd FloorLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 18399 Colina RoadRowland, CA | No longer reported |
| 3530 Wilshire Blvd., #1800Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 9122 Garden Grove BoulevardGarden Grove, CA | No longer reported |
| 3402 El Camino RealSanta Clara, CA | No longer reported |
| 1469 Webster StSan Francisco, CA | No longer reported |
| 15435 South Western AvenueGardena, CA | No longer reported |
| 936 North Western AvenueLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
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 21765 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.