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What happened to Metrobank?
Metrobank in Berwyn, IL (earlier called Commercial National Bank of Berwyn and 3 other names) merged into North Community Bank of Chicago, IL on Jun 28, 2013. That bank is now called Byline Bank (Chicago, IL).
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.
- 1947Commercial National Bank of Berwyn opens in Berwyn, IL
- Jun 1, 1996renamed Citizens Bank-Illinois, National Association
- Aug 5, 2004renamed Citizens Community Bank of Illinois, National Association
- Dec 28, 2004renamed Citizens Community Bank of Illinois
- Mar 30, 2011renamed Metrobank
- Jun 28, 2013MERGEDMetrobank merged into North Community Bank of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 16641 ends; its business continues under certificate 20624.
- TodayOPEN
Byline BankMain office Chicago, IL · FDIC certificate 20624 · 48 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Byline Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bylinebank.com
If you still have something from Metrobank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Metrobank as lienholder, start with Byline Bank. 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 Byline Bank to search for the account under the name Metrobank. 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 Byline Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Metrobank 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
24 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 3322 Oak Park AveBerwyn, IL | OpenByline Bank |
| 1947 W 35th StChicago, IL | OpenByline Bank |
| 1800 S Halsted StChicago, IL | OpenByline Bank |
| 5915 W 35th StCicero, IL | OpenByline Bank |
| 11157 S Ewing AveChicago, IL | OpenByline Bank |
| 3636 W 26th StChicago, IL | OpenByline Bank |
| 535 Ogden AvenueDowners Grove, IL | No longer reported |
| 2 E Roosevelt RdVilla Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 23 W. QuincyWestmont, IL | No longer reported |
| 2201 West Cermak RoadChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 47 West Polk StreetChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 1110 West 35th StreetChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 2235 West Cermak RoadChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 4000 Broadview SquareBroadview, IL | No longer reported |
| 8744 Ogden AvenueLyons, IL | No longer reported |
| 601 N. HarlemOak Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 7025 West Roosevelt RoadBerwyn, IL | No longer reported |
| 4050 South ArcherChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 51 W. JacksonChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 4800 W 24th PlaceCicero, IL | No longer reported |
| 6001 West Ogden AvenueCicero, IL | No longer reported |
| 52 E Lake StChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 1538 Elmhurst RoadElk Grove Village, IL | No longer reported |
| 8240 South Wolf RoadWillow Springs, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Metrobank
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 7 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Bank and Trust CompanyChicago, IL | Mar 30, 2011 |
| Chicago Community BankChicago, IL | Mar 30, 2011 |
| Community Bank of DuPageDowners Grove, IL | Mar 30, 2011 |
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 16641 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.