# WASHINGTON FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK

> **Failed bank** · SEATTLE, WA · failed 2010-06-11 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $95M

## What happened

WASHINGTON FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK of SEATTLE, WA was closed by regulators on **2010-06-11**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **EAST WEST BANK** (PASADENA, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3815
- **FDIC Certificate:** 32955
- **FDIC FIN:** 10249
- **Bank name:** WASHINGTON FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK
- **Location:** SEATTLE, WA
- **Failure date:** 2010-06-11
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2010-06-11
- **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:** $95M
- **Deposits at failure:** $441M
- **Assets at failure:** $521M
- **Acquiring bank:** EAST WEST BANK (PASADENA, CA)

## Other banks EAST WEST BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- UNITED COMMERCIAL BANK (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — failed 2009-11-06 — /failed-bank/3712

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, WASHINGTON FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK (FDIC ID 3815), failed 2010-06-11. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3815.

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