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What happened to Union Federal Bank, A federal savings bank?
Union Federal Bank, A federal savings bank in Los Angeles, CA (earlier called Union Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) failed, and Dean Witter Trust FSB of Purchase, NY took it over on Aug 12, 1996. That bank is now called Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association (Purchase, NY).
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.
- 1934Union Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Los Angeles, CA
- Mar 31, 1989renamed Union Federal Savings Bank
- Oct 1, 1991renamed Union Federal Bank, A federal savings bank
- Aug 12, 1996FAILEDUnion Federal Bank, A federal savings bank failed, and Dean Witter Trust FSB of Purchase, NY took it over.FDIC certificate 29236 ends; its business continues under certificate 34221. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Aug 9, 1996.
- TodayOPEN
Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National AssociationMain office Purchase, NY · FDIC certificate 34221 · 1 office in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.etrade.com
If you still have something from Union Federal Bank, A federal savings bank
A lien that was never released
Union Federal Bank, A federal savings bank failed on Aug 9, 1996. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Dean Witter Trust FSB). Start with Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Union Federal Bank, A federal savings bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 Morgan Stanley Private 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. 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
14 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 17400 Brookhurst StFountain Valley, CA | OpenCitibank, National Association |
| 25330 Marguerite Pkwy, Ste CMission Viejo, CA | OpenCitibank, National Association |
| 2450 Glendale BlvdLos Angeles, CA | OpenCitibank, National Association |
| 1275 W Redondo Beach BlvdGardena, CA | OpenCitibank, National Association |
| 4500 Atlantic AveLong Beach, CA | OpenCitibank, National Association |
| 12800 Seal Beach BoulevardSeal Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 1055 W 7th StLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 15962 Ventura BlvdEncino, CA | No longer reported |
| 7040 Sepulveda BlvdVan Nuys, CA | No longer reported |
| 511 S Harbor BlvdAnaheim, CA | No longer reported |
| 5677 E LA Palma AveAnaheim Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 20981 Magnolia StHuntington Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 25330 Marguerite PkwyMission Viejo, CA | No longer reported |
| 3020 Old Ranch PkySeal Beach, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Union Federal Bank, A federal savings bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Ontario Savings and Loan AssociationOntario, CA | Nov 6, 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 29236 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.