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What happened to Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company?
Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company in Orland Park, IL (earlier called Orland Park Plaza Bank and 2 other names) merged into Suburban Bank & Trust Company of Elmhurst, IL on Oct 18, 1997. After 1 more change of hands, what was Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company is today part of Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, National Association (Hinsdale, IL).
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.
- 1978Orland Park Plaza Bank opens in Orland Park, IL
- May 21, 1987renamed Southwest Financial Bank of Orland Park
- Jun 14, 1990renamed Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company of Orland Park
- Oct 6, 1996renamed Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company
- Oct 18, 1997MERGEDSouthwest Financial Bank and Trust Company merged into Suburban Bank & Trust Company of Elmhurst, IL.FDIC certificate 22646 ends; its business continues under certificate 20443.
- Jul 18, 2015MERGEDSuburban Bank & Trust Company of Elmhurst, IL merged into Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company of Hinsdale, IL.FDIC certificate 20443 ends; its business continues under certificate 33849.
- TodayOPEN
Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, National AssociationMain office Hinsdale, IL · FDIC certificate 33849 · 17 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.hinsdalebank.com
If you still have something from Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company as lienholder, start with Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, National Association. 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 Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, National Association to search for the account under the name Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company. 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 Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company 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
5 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 3 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 15330 S La Grange RdOrland Park, IL | OpenOld Plank Trail Community Bank, National Association |
| 12400 Archer AveLemont, IL | OpenHinsdale Bank & Trust Company, National Association |
| 3120 W 159th StMarkham, IL | OpenOld Plank Trail Community Bank, National Association |
| 400 East Lincoln HighwayNew Lenox, IL | No longer reported |
| 9901 South Western AvenueChicago, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Southwest Financial Bank and Trust Company
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 2 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Southwest Financial Bank and Trust CompanyNew Lenox, IL | Oct 6, 1996 |
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 22646 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.