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What happened to Central Progressive Bank?
Central Progressive Bank in Lacombe, LA (earlier called Central Progressive Bank of Amite) failed, and First NBC Bank of New Orleans, LA took it over on Nov 18, 2011. After 1 more change of hands, what was Central Progressive Bank is today part of Hancock Whitney Bank (Gulfport, MS).
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.
- 1967Central Progressive Bank of Amite opens in Lacombe, LA
- Nov 19, 1999renamed Central Progressive Bank
- Nov 18, 2011FAILEDCentral Progressive Bank failed, and First NBC Bank of New Orleans, LA took it over.FDIC certificate 19657 ends; its business continues under certificate 58302.
- Apr 28, 2017FAILEDFirst NBC Bank of New Orleans, LA failed, and Whitney Bank of Gulfport, MS took it over.FDIC certificate 58302 ends; its business continues under certificate 12441.
- TodayOPEN
Hancock Whitney BankMain office Gulfport, MS · FDIC certificate 12441 · 186 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Hancock Whitney Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.hancockwhitney.com
If you still have something from Central Progressive Bank
A lien that was never released
Central Progressive Bank failed on Nov 18, 2011. 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 Hancock Whitney 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, First NBC Bank). Start with Hancock Whitney Bank, and ask them to search under the name Central Progressive Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 Hancock Whitney 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. 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
21 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1010 S Range AveDenham Springs, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 70444 Highway 21Covington, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 4001 Pontchartrain DrSlidell, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 400 W Oak StAmite, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 606 Avenue GKentwood, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 200 Richmond StreetBogalusa, LA | No longer reported |
| 64243 Highway 41Pearl River, LA | No longer reported |
| 2130 Gause Boulevard WestSlidell, LA | No longer reported |
| 1347 N CausewayMandeville, LA | No longer reported |
| 2077 Gause Blvd. EastSlidell, LA | No longer reported |
| 740 Brownswitch RoadSlidell, LA | No longer reported |
| 29092 Krentel RoadLacombe, LA | No longer reported |
| 707 Main StreetMadisonville, LA | No longer reported |
| 551 Gause BoulevardSlidell, LA | No longer reported |
| 200 West Hickory StreetPonchatoula, LA | No longer reported |
| 44476 South Range RoadHammond, LA | No longer reported |
| 1809 West Thomas StreetHammond, LA | No longer reported |
| 3916 Highway 22,Mandeville, LA | No longer reported |
| 63525 Highway 1090Pearl River, LA | No longer reported |
| 111 North Oak StreetHammond, LA | No longer reported |
| 3900 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 110Metairie, LA | No longer reported |
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 19657 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.