Imperial Capital Bank
La Jolla, CA · Owner: Imperial Capital Bcorp Inc
$4.0B
total assets, September 30, 2009
$4.0B
total assets, September 30, 2009
Imperial Capital Bank was a state nonmember bank in La Jolla, CA, owned by Imperial Capital Bcorp Inc. It failed on Dec 18, 2009, and City National Bank took over its deposits. At its last report it held $4.0 billion in assets.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 · numbers as of September 30, 2009
This bank failed
- Failed on
- Dec 18, 2009
- Assets
- $4.0B
- Deposits
- $2.8B
- Estimated cost
- $266M
- Deposits went to
- City National Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Total assets
$4.0B
-1.2% in a year · -3.9% in a quarter
Deposits
$2.8B
+8.7% in a year · -3.7% in a quarter
Loans
$2.6B
-11.3% in a year · -3.9% in a quarter
Profit so far
-$100M
Jan 1 to Sep 30, 2009 · -1210.2% in a year
Capital ratio
3.83%
-3.36 pts in a year
Return on assets
-3.10%
-3.42 pts in a year
Facts
- Type
- State nonmember bank
- Head office
- 888 Prospect Street, Suite 110, La Jolla, CA, 92037
- County
- San Diego
- Holding company
- Imperial Capital Bcorp Inc
- Established
- Dec 12, 1973
- Failed
- Dec 18, 2009
- Employees
- 146
- Branches
- 11 in 3 states
- Id
- b26348
Quarter by quarter
September 30, 1985 to September 30, 2009
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 Imperial Capital Bank?
$4.0 billion in total assets and $2.8 billion in deposits as of September 30, 2009, with assets down 1.2% from a year before. Its loans were $2.6 billion.
How many branches does Imperial Capital Bank have?
11 branches in 3 states as of June 30, 2026.
Is Imperial Capital Bank profitable?
No: it lost $100.1 million from January 1 to September 30, 2009. Its return on assets was -3.10% a year; about 1% is typical.
Who owns Imperial Capital Bank?
Imperial Capital Bank is owned by Imperial Capital Bcorp Inc, its holding company.
When did Imperial Capital Bank fail?
Dec 18, 2009. City National Bank of Los Angeles, CA took over its deposits. The estimated cost of the failure was $266.2 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.