# METROPACIFIC BANK

> **Failed bank** · IRVINE, CA · failed 2009-06-26 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $32M

## What happened

METROPACIFIC BANK of IRVINE, CA was closed by regulators on **2009-06-26**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **SUNWEST BANK** (TUSTIN, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3638
- **FDIC Certificate:** 57893
- **FDIC FIN:** 10071
- **Bank name:** METROPACIFIC BANK
- **Location:** IRVINE, CA
- **Failure date:** 2009-06-26
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2009-06-26
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $32M
- **Deposits at failure:** $70M
- **Assets at failure:** $75M
- **Acquiring bank:** SUNWEST BANK (TUSTIN, CA)

## Other banks SUNWEST BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- SYRINGA BANK (BOISE, ID) — failed 2014-01-31 — /failed-bank/4060
- WESTSIDE COMMUNITY BANK (UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA) — failed 2013-01-11 — /failed-bank/4034
- PACIFIC COAST NATIONAL BANK (SAN CLEMENTE, CA) — failed 2009-11-13 — /failed-bank/3716
- FIRST STATE BANK (FLAGSTAFF, AZ) — failed 2009-09-04 — /failed-bank/3681

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, METROPACIFIC BANK (FDIC ID 3638), failed 2009-06-26. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-13 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3638.

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