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What happened to American State Bank?
American State Bank in Bradley, IL failed, and First Trust and Savings Bank of Bradley of Bradley, IL took it over on Feb 14, 1983. After 5 more changes of hands, what was American State Bank is today part of PNC Bank, National Association (Wilmington, DE).
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.
- 1979American State Bank opens in Bradley, IL
- Feb 14, 1983FAILEDAmerican State Bank failed, and First Trust and Savings Bank of Bradley of Bradley, IL took it over.FDIC certificate 22880 ends; its business continues under certificate 24284. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Feb 12, 1983.
- Jan 1, 1988MERGEDFirst Trust and Savings Bank of Bradley of Bradley, IL merged into First Trust & Savings Bank of Kankakee of Kankakee, IL.FDIC certificate 24284 ends; its business continues under certificate 12394.
- Dec 31, 1994MERGEDFirst Trust & Savings Bank of Kankakee (by then renamed First of America Bank-Metro Southwest, National Association) of Kankakee, IL merged into First of America Bank-Illinois, National Association of Bannockburn, IL.FDIC certificate 12394 ends; its business continues under certificate 16262.
- Oct 31, 1998MERGEDFirst of America Bank-Illinois, National Association of Bannockburn, IL merged into National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois of Bannockburn, IL.FDIC certificate 16262 ends; its business continues under certificate 5029.
- Jul 22, 2006MERGEDNational City Bank of Michigan/Illinois (by then renamed National City Bank of the Midwest) of Bannockburn, IL merged into National City Bank of Cleveland, OH.FDIC certificate 5029 ends; its business continues under certificate 6557.
- Nov 6, 2009MERGEDNational City Bank of Cleveland, OH merged into PNC Bank, National Association of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 6557 ends; its business continues under certificate 6384.
- TodayOPEN
PNC Bank, National AssociationMain office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 6384 · 2,401 offices in 28 states on June 30, 2026Every PNC Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.pnc.com
If you still have something from American State Bank
A lien that was never released
American State Bank failed on Feb 12, 1983. 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 PNC 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 Trust and Savings Bank of Bradley). Start with PNC Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name American State Bank.
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 PNC 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 22880 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.