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What happened to Saehan Bank?
Saehan Bank in Los Angeles, CA merged into Wilshire Bank of Los Angeles, CA on Nov 21, 2013. After 1 more change of hands, what was Saehan Bank is today part of Bank of Hope (Los Angeles, CA).
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.
- 1991Saehan Bank opens in Los Angeles, CA
- Nov 21, 2013MERGEDSaehan Bank merged into Wilshire Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 33435 ends; its business continues under certificate 23301.
- Jul 29, 2016MERGEDWilshire Bank of Los Angeles, CA merged into BBCN Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 23301 ends; its business continues under certificate 26610.
- TodayOPEN
Bank of HopeMain office Los Angeles, CA · FDIC certificate 26610 · 75 offices in 9 states on June 30, 2026Every Bank of Hope office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bankofhope.com
If you still have something from Saehan Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Saehan Bank as lienholder, start with Bank of Hope. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Bank of Hope to search for the account under the name Saehan Bank. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Bank of Hope which branch now holds boxes from the Saehan Bank office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be 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
11 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1100 S San Pedro St Unit L21-l25Los Angeles, CA | OpenBank of Hope |
| 5300 Beach Blvd, Ste 101Buena Park, CA | OpenBank of Hope |
| 2750 Foothill BoulevardLa Crescenta, CA | No longer reported |
| 3224 West Olympic BlvdLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 3580 Wilshire Blvd #120Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 2124 Redondo Beach Blvd.Torrance, CA | No longer reported |
| 550 South Western AvenueLos Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 22501 Crenshaw Boulevard, Suite 400Torrance, CA | No longer reported |
| 3580 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 19036 Colima Road, #aRowland Heights, CA | No longer reported |
| 14725 Jeffrey RoadIrvine, CA | No longer reported |
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 33435 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.