Guardian Bank
Los Angeles, CA · Owner: Guardian Bcorp
$317M
total assets, December 31, 1994
$317M
total assets, December 31, 1994
Guardian Bank was a state member bank in Los Angeles, CA, owned by Guardian Bcorp. It failed on Jan 20, 1995, and Imperial Bank took over its deposits. At its last report it held $316.9 million in assets.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 · numbers as of December 31, 1994
This bank failed
- Failed on
- Jan 20, 1995
- Assets
- $317M
- Deposits
- $298M
- Estimated cost
- $20.5M
- Deposits went to
- Imperial Bank, Inglewood, CA
Total assets
$317M
-44.1% in a year · -17.9% in a quarter
Deposits
$298M
-43.4% in a year · -18.7% in a quarter
Loans
$207M
-35.7% in a year · -13.5% in a quarter
Profit so far
-$25.3M
Jan 1 to Dec 31, 1994
Capital ratio
4.95%
+0.76 pts in a year
Return on assets
-5.61%
-3.53 pts in a year
Facts
- Type
- State member bank
- Head office
- 800 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90017
- County
- Los Angeles
- Holding company
- Guardian Bcorp
- Established
- Oct 20, 1983
- Failed
- Jan 22, 1995
- Employees
- 103
- Branches
- 3
- Id
- b24754
Quarter by quarter
March 31, 1984 to December 31, 1994
Assets, deposits and loans
Each quarter end, US dollars
Profit by quarter
Net income of each quarter, the last 12
Ratios
Percent. Return on assets and net interest margin are yearly rates.
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Questions and answers
How big is Guardian Bank?
$316.9 million in total assets and $297.9 million in deposits as of December 31, 1994, with assets down 44.1% from a year before. Its loans were $207.4 million.
How many branches does Guardian Bank have?
3 branches in California as of June 30, 2026.
Is Guardian Bank profitable?
No: it lost $25.3 million from January 1 to December 31, 1994. Its return on assets was -5.61% a year; about 1% is typical.
Who owns Guardian Bank?
Guardian Bank is owned by Guardian Bcorp, its holding company.
When did Guardian Bank fail?
Jan 20, 1995. Imperial Bank of Inglewood, CA took over its deposits. The estimated cost of the failure was $20.5 million.
Official public data from the reports every insured bank files each quarter. Profit so far runs from January 1 to the quarter end. Branch deposits are counted once a year, as of June 30. New quarters appear about two months after the quarter ends.