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What happened to Fidelity Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank?
Fidelity Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank in Glendale, CA (earlier called Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association) merged into California National Bank of Los Angeles, CA on Oct 25, 2002. After 1 more change of hands, what was Fidelity Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank 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.
- 1954Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Glendale, CA
- Sep 28, 1989renamed Fidelity Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank
- Oct 25, 2002MERGEDFidelity Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank merged into California National Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 30700 ends; its business continues under certificate 34659.
- Oct 30, 2009FAILEDCalifornia National Bank of Los Angeles, CA failed, and U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 34659 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 Fidelity Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
California National Bank failed on Oct 30, 2009. 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 U.S. 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, U.S. Bank National Association). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Fidelity 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 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. 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
48 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. None is still reporting as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 8653 Beverly BlvdWest Hollywood, CA | No longer reported |
| 1400 S. Baldwin Ave.Arcadia, CA | No longer reported |
| 1173 E. Alosta Ave.Azusa, CA | No longer reported |
| 15908 S. Bellflower BlvdBellflower, CA | No longer reported |
| 1090 North San Fernando Blvd.Burbank, CA | No longer reported |
| 1890 W. Redondo Beach Blvd.Gardena, CA | No longer reported |
| 3156 Foothill Blvd.LA Crescenta, CA | No longer reported |
| 5767 E. Pacific Coast HighwayLong Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 1460 Westwood Blvd.Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 157 North Larchmont Blvd.Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 736 North LA Brea Ave.Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 19450 Plummer St.Northridge, CA | No longer reported |
| 29000 S. Western AveRancho Palos Verdes, CA | No longer reported |
| 14475 Ventura Blvd.Sherman Oaks, CA | No longer reported |
| 1153 Fair Oaks Ave.South Pasadena, CA | No longer reported |
| 4101 West Alameda Ave.Toluca Lake, CA | No longer reported |
| 24020 Hawthorne Blvd.Torrance, CA | No longer reported |
| 14545 Victory Blvd.Van Nuys, CA | No longer reported |
| 310 Glenneyre StreetLaguna Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 1515 Westcliff Dr.Newport Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 13900-A Seal Beach BlvdSeal Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 8460 LA Palma Ave.Buena Park, CA | No longer reported |
| 19900 Beach Blvd.Huntington Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 4482 Barranca Parkway Suite #110Irvine, CA | No longer reported |
| 22405 El Toro Rd.Lake Forest, CA | No longer reported |
| 745 South Main St Suite #130Orange, CA | No longer reported |
| 201 E. Yorba Linda Blvd.Placentia, CA | No longer reported |
| 13900-A Seal Beach Blvd.Seal Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 12000 Beach Blvd.Stanton, CA | No longer reported |
| 322 West MarketBloomington, MN | No longer reported |
| 1111 Bayside Dr.Corona Del Mar, CA | No longer reported |
| 247 Sandalwood DrBig Bear, CA | No longer reported |
| 27321 N. Bay Rd.Blue Jay, CA | No longer reported |
| 175 S. Beverly Dr.Beverly Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 10784 Jefferson Blvd.Culver City, CA | No longer reported |
| 525 E. Ocean Blvd.Long Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 6350 Laurel Canyon Blvd.North Hollywood, CA | No longer reported |
| 8653 Beverly Blvd.West Hollywood, CA | No longer reported |
| 911 N. Harbor Blvd.Fullerton, CA | No longer reported |
| 73-040 El PaseoPalm Desert, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Fidelity Federal Bank, a Federal Savings Bank
4 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 5 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Hancock Savings BankLos Angeles, CA | Jul 29, 1997 |
| Westwood Savings and Loan AssociationLos Angeles, CA | Aug 24, 1990 |
| Investment Federal Savings and Loan AssociationChatsworth, CA | Aug 24, 1990 |
| Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan AssociationGlendale, CA | Nov 30, 1978 |
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 30700 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.