# FIRST AMERICAN BANKING COMPANY

> **Failed bank** · PENDLETON, OR · failed 1984-11-16 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $2M

## What happened

FIRST AMERICAN BANKING COMPANY of PENDLETON, OR was closed by regulators on **1984-11-16**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **INLAND EMPIRE BANK** (HERMISTON, OR). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 934
- **FDIC Certificate:** 21016
- **FDIC FIN:** 2429
- **Bank name:** FIRST AMERICAN BANKING COMPANY
- **Location:** PENDLETON, OR
- **Failure date:** 1984-11-16
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1984-11-16
- **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:** $2M
- **Deposits at failure:** $15M
- **Assets at failure:** $19M
- **Acquiring bank:** INLAND EMPIRE BANK (HERMISTON, OR)

## Other banks INLAND EMPIRE BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- COLUMBIA COMMUNITY BANK (HERMISTON, OR) — failed 1986-10-03 — /failed-bank/1286

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=FIRST%20AMERICAN%20BANKING%20COMPANY

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, FIRST AMERICAN BANKING COMPANY (FDIC ID 934), failed 1984-11-16. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/934.

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