# SOUTHWESTUSA BANK

> **Failed bank** · LAS VEGAS, NV · failed 2010-07-23 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $86M

## What happened

SOUTHWESTUSA BANK of LAS VEGAS, NV was closed by regulators on **2010-07-23**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

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


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3836
- **FDIC Certificate:** 35434
- **FDIC FIN:** 10267
- **Bank name:** SOUTHWESTUSA BANK
- **Location:** LAS VEGAS, NV
- **Failure date:** 2010-07-23
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2010-07-23
- **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:** $86M
- **Deposits at failure:** $184M
- **Assets at failure:** $204M
- **Acquiring bank:** PLAZA BANK (IRVINE, CA)

## Other banks PLAZA BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- 1st COMMERCE BANK (NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV) — failed 2013-06-06 — /failed-bank/4048

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, SOUTHWESTUSA BANK (FDIC ID 3836), failed 2010-07-23. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3836.

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