# UNITED WESTERN BANK

> **Failed bank** · DENVER, CO · failed 2011-01-21 · SL · FDIC cost $133M

## What happened

UNITED WESTERN BANK of DENVER, CO was closed by state regulators on **2011-01-21**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **FIRST-CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY** (RALEIGH, NC). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3895
- **FDIC Certificate:** 31293
- **FDIC FIN:** 10331
- **Bank name:** UNITED WESTERN BANK
- **Location:** DENVER, CO
- **Failure date:** 2011-01-21
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2011-01-21
- **Charter type:** SL
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $133M
- **Deposits at failure:** $1,535M
- **Assets at failure:** $2,154M
- **Acquiring bank:** FIRST-CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (RALEIGH, NC)

## Other banks FIRST-CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- TEMECULA VALLEY BANK (TEMECULA, CA) — failed 2009-07-17 — /failed-bank/3649

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, UNITED WESTERN BANK (FDIC ID 3895), failed 2011-01-21. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3895.

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