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What happened to Promistar Bank?
Promistar Bank in Johnstown, PA (earlier called Johnstown Bank and Trust Company and 1 other name) merged into First National Bank of Pennsylvania of Greenville, PA on Feb 15, 2002. First National Bank of Pennsylvania is open today.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1934Johnstown Bank and Trust Company opens in Johnstown, PA
- Oct 11, 1997renamed Laurel Bank
- Nov 15, 2000renamed Promistar Bank
- Feb 15, 2002MERGEDPromistar Bank merged into First National Bank of Pennsylvania of Greenville, PA.FDIC certificate 14501 ends; its business continues under certificate 7888.
- TodayOPEN
First National Bank of PennsylvaniaMain office Greenville, PA · FDIC certificate 7888 · 358 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every First National Bank of Pennsylvania office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fnb-online.com
If you still have something from Promistar Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Promistar Bank as lienholder, start with First National Bank of Pennsylvania. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask First National Bank of Pennsylvania to search for the account under the name Promistar Bank. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask First National Bank of Pennsylvania which branch now holds boxes from the Promistar Bank office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
91 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 30 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1458 Scalp AveJohnstown, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 58 W Main StUniontown, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 509 E Main StSomerset, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 124 S Juliana StBedford, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 2610 Plank RdAltoona, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 928 N Eighty Eight RdRices Landing, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 3539 Washington RdMcmurray, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 1001 Philadelphia AveNorthern Cambria, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 1 W High StWaynesburg, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 714 Brookline BlvdPittsburgh, PA | OpenCommunity Bank |
| 3891 Route 30Latrobe, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 725 Front StCresson, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 111 W High StEbensburg, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 596 S Pike RdSarver, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 1053 Broad StJohnstown, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 532 Main St, # 534Johnstown, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 1291 S Main StGreensburg, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 402 W Main StLigonier, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 508 Hugart St, # 510Confluence, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 1900 Minno Dr, Ste 1Johnstown, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 4222 State Route 66Apollo, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 2 Kensington SqNew Kensington, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 1713 Union AveNatrona Heights, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 2066 Indian Head RdNormalville, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 595 Franklin StClymer, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 227 Market StKittanning, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 274 Jamesway RdEbensburg, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 229 Main StMeyersdale, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| Laurel Avenue and Second StreetCresson, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 1800 Philadelphia AveNorthern Cambria, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 805 Logan BoulevardHollidaysburg, PA | No longer reported |
| 1712 East Carson StreetPittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 101 Brownsville RoadPittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 306 E Sixth AvenueTarentum, PA | No longer reported |
| 3730 Brownsville RoadPittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 601 Main StreetRural Valley, PA | No longer reported |
| 133 Route 422Elderton, PA | No longer reported |
| W Fayette StUniontown, PA | No longer reported |
| 4640 National PikeMarkleysburg, PA | No longer reported |
| 187 Mcclellandtown RoadUniontown, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Promistar Bank
13 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 19 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The First National Bank of HerminieHerminie, PA | Aug 15, 2001 |
| First Philson Bank, National AssociationBerlin, PA | Jul 15, 1999 |
| The Peoples National Bank of Rural ValleyRural Valley, PA | Oct 23, 1998 |
| Laurel BankEbensburg, PA | Oct 11, 1997 |
| Fayette BankUniontown, PA | Oct 11, 1997 |
| The Moxham National Bank of JohnstownJohnstown, PA | Jun 26, 1996 |
| The First National Bank of GarrettGarrett, PA | Jun 26, 1996 |
| The Armstrong County Trust CompanyKittanning, PA | Jun 14, 1996 |
| Peoples Bank OneWest Lebanon, PA | Aug 15, 1992 |
| Peoples Federal Savings BankNew Kensington, PA | Sep 6, 1991 |
| The First National Bank of AvonmoreAvonmore, PA | Dec 31, 1987 |
| The First National Bank in BedfordBedford, PA | Apr 17, 1978 |
| Community National Bank of PennsylvaniaBenscreek, PA | Oct 2, 1972 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 14501 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.