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FDIC certificate 1758 · Horseshoe Bend, AR

What happened to First Security Bank of North Arkansas?

First Security Bank of North Arkansas in Horseshoe Bend, AR (earlier called The Bank of Franklin) failed, and The Bank of Melbourne of Melbourne, AR took it over on Aug 27, 1982. After 2 more changes of hands, what was First Security Bank of North Arkansas is today part of The Huntington National Bank (Columbus, OH).

1905
opened
1982
failed
2
names it used
3
steps to today's bank

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.

  1. 1905
    The Bank of Franklin opens in Horseshoe Bend, AR
  2. Mar 3, 1978
    renamed First Security Bank of North Arkansas
  3. Aug 27, 1982
    FAILEDFirst Security Bank of North Arkansas failed, and The Bank of Melbourne of Melbourne, AR took it over.FDIC certificate 1758 ends; its business continues under certificate 1530.
  4. Sep 1, 2000
    MERGEDThe Bank of Melbourne (by then renamed The Bank of North Arkansas) of Melbourne, AR merged into BancorpSouth Bank of Tupelo, MS.FDIC certificate 1530 ends; its business continues under certificate 11813.
  5. Feb 1, 2026
    MERGEDBancorpSouth Bank (by then renamed Cadence Bank) of Tupelo, MS merged into The Huntington National Bank of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 11813 ends; its business continues under certificate 6560.
  6. Today
    OPEN
    The Huntington National BankMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 6560 · 1,452 offices in 21 states on June 30, 2026

    Every The Huntington National Bank office →   Website on file with the FDIC: www.huntington.com

If you still have something from First Security Bank of North Arkansas

A lien that was never released

First Security Bank of North Arkansas failed on Aug 27, 1982. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to The Huntington National Bank, which is worth asking too.

Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.

An old account, passbook or CD

When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, The Bank of Melbourne). Start with The Huntington National Bank, and ask them to search under the name First Security Bank of North Arkansas.

This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.

A safe deposit box

The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask The Huntington National Bank. A box abandoned for years may have been 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.

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 ▾

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 1758 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.