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What happened to First Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City?
First Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City in Del City, OK (earlier called Del State Bank and 1 other name) failed, and United Del City Bank of Del City, OK took it over on May 11, 1984. After 2 more changes of hands, what was First Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City is today part of Arvest Bank (Fayetteville, AR).
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.
- 1959Del State Bank opens in Del City, OK
- Oct 7, 1977renamed Del State Bank and Trust Company
- Jun 22, 1981renamed First Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City
- May 11, 1984FAILEDFirst Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City failed, and United Del City Bank of Del City, OK took it over.FDIC certificate 18112 ends; its business continues under certificate 25137.
- Dec 8, 2000MERGEDUnited Del City Bank (by then renamed Arvest United Bank, A State Savings Bank) of Del City, OK merged into Arvest Bank of Norman, OK.FDIC certificate 25137 ends; its business continues under certificate 26867.
- May 16, 2002MERGEDArvest Bank of Norman, OK merged into Arvest Bank of Fayetteville, AR.FDIC certificate 26867 ends; its business continues under certificate 8728.
- TodayOPEN
Arvest BankMain office Fayetteville, AR · FDIC certificate 8728 · 225 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every Arvest Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.arvest.com
If you still have something from First Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City
A lien that was never released
First Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City failed on May 11, 1984. 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 Arvest 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, United Del City Bank). Start with Arvest Bank, and ask them to search under the name First Continental Bank & Trust Company of Del City.
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 Arvest 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 18112 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.