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What happened to Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA?
Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA in Santa Ana, CA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. of Newport Beach, CA on Jan 1, 1990. After 1 more change of hands, what was Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA 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.
- 1988Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA opens in Santa Ana, CA
- Jan 1, 1990RESOLVEDButterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. of Newport Beach, CA.FDIC certificate 32617 ends; its business continues under certificate 30968.
- Nov 21, 2008FAILEDDowney Savings and Loan Association, F.A. of Newport Beach, CA failed, and U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 30968 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 Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA
A lien that was never released
Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA was closed in a federal resolution on Jan 1, 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 U.S. Bank 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, Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A.). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA.
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 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.
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.
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Banks folded into Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSA
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 3 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and Loan AssSanta Ana, CA | Sep 29, 1988 |
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 32617 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.