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Frontier Bank, FSB, Palm Desert, CA: failed November 7, 2014
Frontier Bank, FSB in Palm Desert, California, failed on November 7, 2014. Bank of Southern California, N.A. of San Diego, CA, took over its deposits. It held $80.7 million in assets and $76.3 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $2.9 million (3.6% of its assets). By assets it was the 10th largest of 18 banks closed or assisted in 2014.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- November 7, 2014
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Bank of Southern California, N.A., San Diego, CA
- Total assets
- $80,736,000
- Total deposits
- $76,344,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $2,905,190 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings bank
- Insurance fund
- DIF
- FDIC certificate
- 34738
Other bank failures in California, 2012 to 2016
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Desert National Bank | Palm Desert | April 27, 2012 | $129.3 million | $129 million | $26.3 million | Pacific Premier Bank |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.