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What happened to Community Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash?
Community Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash in Washington, DC was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Independence Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rockville, MD on Jul 1, 1981. After 1 more change of hands, what was Community Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash is today part of FVCbank (Fairfax, VA).
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.
- 1973Community Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash opens in Washington, DC
- Jul 1, 1981RESOLVEDCommunity Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Independence Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rockville, MD.FDIC certificate 31705 ends; its business continues under certificate 31555. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Jun 21, 1981.
- Oct 13, 2018MERGEDIndependence Federal Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed Colombo Bank) of Rockville, MD merged into FVCbank of Fairfax, VA.FDIC certificate 31555 ends; its business continues under certificate 58696.
- TodayOPEN
FVCbankMain office Fairfax, VA · FDIC certificate 58696 · 8 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every FVCbank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fvcbank.com
If you still have something from Community Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash
A lien that was never released
Community Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash failed on Jun 21, 1981, under the old savings-and-loan insurance fund (FSLIC). 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 FVCbank 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, Independence Federal Savings and Loan Association). Start with FVCbank, and ask them to search under the name Community Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wash.
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 FVCbank. 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 31705 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.