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What happened to First Federal Savings and Loan Association?
First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Beeville, TX merged into San Antonio Savings Association of San Antonio, TX on Dec 31, 1981. After 6 more changes of hands, what was First Federal Savings and Loan Association is today part of Citibank, National Association (Sioux Falls, SD).
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.
- 1934First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Beeville, TX
- Dec 31, 1981MERGEDFirst Federal Savings and Loan Association merged into San Antonio Savings Association of San Antonio, TX.FDIC certificate 28879 ends; its business continues under certificate 28410.
- Jul 13, 1989ASSISTED MERGERSan Antonio Savings Association of San Antonio, TX was merged into San Antonio Savings Association, FA of San Antonio, TX with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 28410 ends; its business continues under certificate 32674.
- Mar 9, 1990RESOLVEDSan Antonio Savings Association, FA of San Antonio, TX was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to First Gibraltar Bank, A Federal Savings Bank San Antonio of San Antonio, TX.FDIC certificate 32674 ends; its business continues under certificate 33069.
- Jul 1, 1992MERGEDFirst Gibraltar Bank, A Federal Savings Bank San Antonio of San Antonio, TX merged into First Gibraltar Bank, FSB of Dallas, TX.FDIC certificate 33069 ends; its business continues under certificate 32643.
- Jan 3, 1997MERGEDFirst Gibraltar Bank, FSB (by then renamed First Nationwide Bank, FSB) of Dallas, TX merged into California Federal Bank, A FSB of San Francisco, CA.FDIC certificate 32643 ends; its business continues under certificate 30278.
- Nov 13, 2002MERGEDCalifornia Federal Bank, A FSB (by then renamed California Federal Bank) of San Francisco, CA merged into Citibank (West), FSB of San Francisco, CA.FDIC certificate 30278 ends; its business continues under certificate 57443.
- Oct 1, 2006MERGEDCitibank (West), FSB (by then renamed West, National Association) of San Francisco, CA merged into Citibank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 57443 ends; its business continues under certificate 7213.
- TodayOPEN
Citibank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 7213 · 667 offices in 14 states on June 30, 2026Every Citibank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.citibank.com
If you still have something from First Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
San Antonio Savings Association, FA was closed in a federal resolution on Mar 9, 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 Citibank, 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, First Gibraltar Bank, A Federal Savings Bank San Antonio). Start with Citibank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name First 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 Citibank, 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 ▾
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 28879 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.