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What happened to First Community Bank?
First Community Bank in Glasgow, MT (earlier called The First National Bank of Glasgow) merged into Opportunity Bank of Montana of Helena, MT on Apr 30, 2022. Opportunity Bank of Montana is open today.
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.
- 1891The First National Bank of Glasgow opens in Glasgow, MT
- Jun 27, 1994renamed First Community Bank
- Apr 30, 2022MERGEDFirst Community Bank merged into Opportunity Bank of Montana of Helena, MT.FDIC certificate 2176 ends; its business continues under certificate 30182.
- TodayOPEN
Opportunity Bank of MontanaMain office Helena, MT · FDIC certificate 30182 · 30 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Opportunity Bank of Montana office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.opportunitybank.com
If you still have something from First Community Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Community Bank as lienholder, start with Opportunity Bank of Montana. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Opportunity Bank of Montana to search for the account under the name First Community Bank. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Opportunity Bank of Montana which branch now holds boxes from the First Community Bank office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be 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
9 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 7 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 540 2nd Ave SGlasgow, MT | OpenOpportunity Bank of Montana |
| 205 Broadway AveCulbertson, MT | OpenOpportunity Bank of Montana |
| 109 Main StFroid, MT | OpenOpportunity Bank of Montana |
| 120 S Montana StThree Forks, MT | OpenOpportunity Bank of Montana |
| 203 Mountana StHinsdale, MT | OpenOpportunity Bank of Montana |
| 300 Main StAshland, MT | OpenOpportunity Bank of Montana |
| 7517 Roughsawn DrHelena, MT | OpenOpportunity Bank of Montana |
| 215 3rd Ave SWolf Point, MT | No longer reported |
| 2987 Prospect AveHelena, MT | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Community Bank
5 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First Community BankFroid, MT | Mar 29, 1999 |
| Cheyenne Western BankAshland, MT | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Culbertson State Bank of Culbertson, MontanaCulbertson, MT | Apr 1, 1996 |
| Citizens First National Bank of Wolf PointWolf Point, MT | Jun 1, 1995 |
| The First National Bank of HinsdaleHinsdale, MT | Jan 1, 1993 |
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 2176 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.