# SUN WEST BANK

> **Failed bank** · LAS VEGAS, NV · failed 2010-05-28 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $116M

## What happened

SUN WEST BANK of LAS VEGAS, NV was closed by regulators on **2010-05-28**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **CITY NATIONAL BANK** (LOS ANGELES, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3807
- **FDIC Certificate:** 34785
- **FDIC FIN:** 10245
- **Bank name:** SUN WEST BANK
- **Location:** LAS VEGAS, NV
- **Failure date:** 2010-05-28
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2010-05-28
- **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:** $116M
- **Deposits at failure:** $354M
- **Assets at failure:** $361M
- **Acquiring bank:** CITY NATIONAL BANK (LOS ANGELES, CA)

## Other banks CITY NATIONAL BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- NEVADA COMMERCE BANK (LAS VEGAS, NV) — failed 2011-04-08 — /failed-bank/3918
- 1st PACIFIC BANK OF CALIFORNIA (SAN DIEGO, CA) — failed 2010-05-07 — /failed-bank/3800
- IMPERIAL CAPITAL BANK (LA JOLLA, CA) — failed 2009-12-18 — /failed-bank/3728
- WILLIAMSTOWN BANK, N.A. (HOUSTON, TX) — failed 1988-06-02 — /failed-bank/1768

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, SUN WEST BANK (FDIC ID 3807), failed 2010-05-28. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3807.

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