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FDIC certificate 21616 · Redington Shores, FL

What happened to Community Bank of Redington?

Community Bank of Redington in Redington Shores, FL merged into Community Bank of Pinellas of Seminole, FL on Jan 17, 1978. After 5 more changes of hands, what was Community Bank of Redington is today part of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Sioux Falls, SD).

1974
opened
1978
merged away
1
name it used
6
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. 1974
    Community Bank of Redington opens in Redington Shores, FL
  2. Jan 17, 1978
    MERGEDCommunity Bank of Redington merged into Community Bank of Pinellas of Seminole, FL.FDIC certificate 21616 ends; its business continues under certificate 18323.
  3. Oct 1, 1981
    MERGEDCommunity Bank of Pinellas of Seminole, FL merged into Southeast First National Bank of Miami of Miami, FL.FDIC certificate 18323 ends; its business continues under certificate 3575.
  4. Sep 19, 1991
    FAILEDSoutheast First National Bank of Miami (by then renamed Southeast Bank, National Association) of Miami, FL failed, and First Union National Bank of Florida of Jacksonville, FL took it over.FDIC certificate 3575 ends; its business continues under certificate 24398.
  5. Jun 5, 1997
    MERGEDFirst Union National Bank of Florida of Jacksonville, FL merged into First Union National Bank of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 24398 ends; its business continues under certificate 4885.
  6. Feb 26, 1998
    MERGEDFirst Union National Bank of Charlotte, NC merged into First Union National Bank of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 4885 ends; its business continues under certificate 33869.
  7. Mar 20, 2010
    MERGEDFirst Union National Bank (by then renamed Wachovia Bank, National Association) of Charlotte, NC merged into Wells Fargo Bank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 33869 ends; its business continues under certificate 3511.
  8. Today
    OPEN
    Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 3511 · 4,157 offices in 40 states on June 30, 2026

    Every Wells Fargo Bank, National Association office →   Website on file with the FDIC: www.wellsfargo.com

If you still have something from Community Bank of Redington

A lien that was never released

Southeast Bank, National Association failed on Sep 19, 1991. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 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 Union National Bank of Florida). Start with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Community Bank of Redington.

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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. 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 21616 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.