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What happened to BYL Bank Group?
BYL Bank Group in Orange, CA (earlier called Bank of Yorba Linda) merged into First Bank & Trust of San Francisco, CA on Oct 31, 2001. After 1 more change of hands, what was BYL Bank Group is today part of First Bank (St. Louis, MO).
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.
- 1980Bank of Yorba Linda opens in Orange, CA
- Jun 3, 1998renamed BYL Bank Group
- Oct 31, 2001MERGEDBYL Bank Group merged into First Bank & Trust of San Francisco, CA.FDIC certificate 23063 ends; its business continues under certificate 22912.
- Mar 31, 2003MERGEDFirst Bank & Trust of San Francisco, CA merged into First Bank of St. Louis, MO.FDIC certificate 22912 ends; its business continues under certificate 12229.
- TodayOPEN
First BankMain office St. Louis, MO · FDIC certificate 12229 · 76 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every First Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: WWW.FIRST.BANK
If you still have something from BYL Bank Group
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows BYL Bank Group as lienholder, start with First 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 Bank to search for the account under the name BYL Bank Group. 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 Bank which branch now holds boxes from the BYL Bank Group 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. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 18431 Yorba Linda Blvd, Ste 2Yorba Linda, CA | OpenFirst Bank |
| 16900 Goldenwest StHuntington Beach, CA | OpenFirst Bank |
| 7862 Limonite AvenueJurupa Valley, CA | OpenFirst Bank |
| 3001 Harbor Blvd, Ste CCosta Mesa, CA | OpenFirst Bank |
| 11010 Limonite AveJurupa Valley, CA | OpenFirst Bank |
| 14008 Beach BlvdWestminster, CA | OpenFirst Bank |
| 1875 North Tustin AvenueOrange, CA | No longer reported |
| 1650 Spruce Street, Suite 100Riverside, CA | No longer reported |
| 25401 Cabot Road, Suite 214Laguna Hills, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into BYL Bank Group
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| De Anza National BankIndian Hills, CA | May 29, 1998 |
| Bank of WestminsterWestminster, CA | Jun 14, 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 23063 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.