# FRONTIER BANK, FSB

> **Failed bank** · PALM DESERT, CA · failed 2014-11-07 · Savings bank · FDIC cost $3M

## What happened

FRONTIER BANK, FSB of PALM DESERT, CA was closed by state regulators on **2014-11-07**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **BANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,  N.A.** (SAN DIEGO, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 4074
- **FDIC Certificate:** 34738
- **FDIC FIN:** 10508
- **Bank name:** FRONTIER BANK, FSB
- **Location:** PALM DESERT, CA
- **Failure date:** 2014-11-07
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2014-11-07
- **Charter type:** Savings bank
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $3M
- **Deposits at failure:** $76M
- **Assets at failure:** $81M
- **Acquiring bank:** BANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,  N.A. (SAN DIEGO, CA)

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=FRONTIER%20BANK%2C%20FSB

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, FRONTIER BANK, FSB (FDIC ID 4074), failed 2014-11-07. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/4074.

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