# GUARDIAN FSA

> **Failed bank** · HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA · failed 1991-06-21 · SL · FDIC cost $150M

## What happened

GUARDIAN FSA of HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA was closed by state regulators on **1991-06-21**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, FS** (IRWINDALE, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3132
- **FDIC Certificate:** 32179
- **FDIC FIN:** 1296
- **Bank name:** GUARDIAN FSA
- **Location:** HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
- **Failure date:** 1991-06-21
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1994-07-29
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $150M
- **Deposits at failure:** $654M
- **Assets at failure:** $682M
- **Acquiring bank:** HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, FS (IRWINDALE, CA)

## Other banks HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, FS has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- COUNTY BANK, FSB (SANTA BARBARA, CA) — failed 1991-03-27 — /failed-bank/3054

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=GUARDIAN%20FSA

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, GUARDIAN FSA (FDIC ID 3132), failed 1991-06-21. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3132.

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