Bank Branches › Closed and merged banks › Oregon › Bank of the Cascades
What happened to Bank of the Cascades?
Bank of the Cascades in Bend, OR merged into First Interstate Bank of Billings, MT on Aug 12, 2017. First Interstate Bank 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.
- 1977Bank of the Cascades opens in Bend, OR
- Aug 12, 2017MERGEDBank of the Cascades merged into First Interstate Bank of Billings, MT.FDIC certificate 22407 ends; its business continues under certificate 1105.
- TodayOPEN
First Interstate BankMain office Billings, MT · FDIC certificate 1105 · 274 offices in 10 states on June 30, 2026Every First Interstate Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstinterstatebank.com
If you still have something from Bank of the Cascades
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Bank of the Cascades as lienholder, start with First Interstate Bank. 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 First Interstate Bank to search for the account under the name Bank of the Cascades. 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 First Interstate Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Bank of the Cascades 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
72 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 40 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1100 Nw Wall StBend, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 154 Sw 6th StRedmond, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1700 Ne 3rd StBend, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 30 E Broadway AveMeridian, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1101 E Winding Creek DrEagle, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1304 Nw 6th StGrants Pass, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1000 Biddle RdMedford, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 555 Nw 3rd StPrineville, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 2630 Ne Highway 20Bend, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 265 Union AveGrants Pass, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 272 E Main AveSisters, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 57150 Beaver DriveBend, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 400 N 3rd EMountain Home, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 250 S Washington AveEmmett, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 61250 S Highway 97Bend, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 200 Sw Market St, Ste 150Portland, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 3100 Crater Lake HwyMedford, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 421 S 7th StKlamath Falls, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 222 W Main StMedford, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 200 Sw Century DrBend, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 520 Hawthorne Ave SeSalem, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 899 Pearl StEugene, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1700 Nw Mulholland DrRoseburg, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 4128 Adams StGarden City, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1008 Harlow RdSpringfield, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1850 N Whitley DrFruitland, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 3405 E Overland Rd, Ste 100Meridian, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 2235 Ashland StAshland, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1931 Nw Highway 101Lincoln City, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 314 Duryea StRaymond, WA | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 10 S Coast HwyNewport, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 300 S Holladay DrSeaside, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 840 E Avalon StKuna, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1611 Virginia AveNorth Bend, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 3630 N Eagle RdBoise, ID | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 620 N Montesano StWestport, WA | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 178 N 6th StReedsport, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1150 Sw Highway 97Madras, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1110 Oregon Avenue SoutheastBandon, OR | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 75 Main StCathlamet, WA | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
Banks folded into Bank of the Cascades
4 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 7 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Prime Pacific Bank, National AssociationLynnwood, WA | Aug 1, 2016 |
| Home Federal BankNampa, ID | May 17, 2014 |
| Farmers & Merchants State BankBoise, ID | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Community Bank of Grants PassGrants Pass, OR | Jan 1, 2004 |
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 22407 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.