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What happened to MBank Ashford?
MBank Ashford in Houston, TX (earlier called The Ashford Bank) merged into MBank Memorial, National Association of Houston, TX on Apr 29, 1985. After 4 more changes of hands, what was MBank Ashford is today part of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Columbus, OH).
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.
- 1974The Ashford Bank opens in Houston, TX
- Oct 15, 1984renamed MBank Ashford
- Apr 29, 1985MERGEDMBank Ashford merged into MBank Memorial, National Association of Houston, TX.FDIC certificate 21664 ends; its business continues under certificate 20496.
- Dec 11, 1987MERGEDMBank Memorial, National Association of Houston, TX merged into MBank Houston, National Association of Houston, TX.FDIC certificate 20496 ends; its business continues under certificate 19456.
- Mar 29, 1989FAILEDMBank Houston, National Association of Houston, TX failed, and The Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank, National Association of Dallas, TX took it over.FDIC certificate 19456 ends; its business continues under certificate 27474. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Mar 28, 1989.
- Feb 8, 2001MERGEDThe Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank, National Association (by then renamed Bank One, Texas, National Association) of Dallas, TX merged into Bank One, National Association of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 27474 ends; its business continues under certificate 3618.
- Nov 13, 2004MERGEDBank One, National Association of Chicago, IL merged into JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 3618 ends; its business continues under certificate 628.
- TodayOPEN
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 628 · 5,141 offices in 49 states on June 30, 2026Every JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.jpmorganchase.com
If you still have something from MBank Ashford
A lien that was never released
MBank Houston, National Association failed on Mar 28, 1989. 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 JPMorgan Chase 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, The Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank, National Association). Start with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name MBank Ashford.
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 JPMorgan Chase 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 21664 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.