# WESTERN NATIONAL BANK

> **Failed bank** · PHOENIX, AZ · failed 2011-12-16 · National commercial bank (OCC-chartered) · FDIC cost $42M

## What happened

WESTERN NATIONAL BANK of PHOENIX, AZ was closed by the OCC on **2011-12-16**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **WASHINGTON FEDERAL** (SEATTLE, WA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3981
- **FDIC Certificate:** 57917
- **FDIC FIN:** 10416
- **Bank name:** WESTERN NATIONAL BANK
- **Location:** PHOENIX, AZ
- **Failure date:** 2011-12-16
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2011-12-16
- **Charter type:** National commercial bank (OCC-chartered)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $42M
- **Deposits at failure:** $144M
- **Assets at failure:** $163M
- **Acquiring bank:** WASHINGTON FEDERAL (SEATTLE, WA)

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, WESTERN NATIONAL BANK (FDIC ID 3981), failed 2011-12-16. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3981.

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