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What happened to Eastern Arizona Bank?
Eastern Arizona Bank in Safford, AZ merged into Farmers and Merchants Bank of Buckeye, AZ on Apr 24, 1987. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Eastern Arizona Bank is today part of Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (Salt Lake City, UT).
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.
- 1984Eastern Arizona Bank opens in Safford, AZ
- Apr 24, 1987MERGEDEastern Arizona Bank merged into Farmers and Merchants Bank of Buckeye, AZ.FDIC certificate 25289 ends; its business continues under certificate 22852.
- Jun 18, 1990FAILEDFarmers and Merchants Bank of Buckeye, AZ failed, and The Stockmen's Bank of Kingman, AZ took it over.FDIC certificate 22852 ends; its business continues under certificate 23182.
- Jan 18, 2007MERGEDThe Stockmen's Bank of Kingman, AZ merged into National Bank of Arizona of Tucson, AZ.FDIC certificate 23182 ends; its business continues under certificate 20626.
- Dec 31, 2015MERGEDNational Bank of Arizona of Tucson, AZ merged into Zions First National Bank of Salt Lake City, UT.FDIC certificate 20626 ends; its business continues under certificate 2270.
- TodayOPEN
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.Main office Salt Lake City, UT · FDIC certificate 2270 · 409 offices in 11 states on June 30, 2026Every Zions Bancorporation, N.A. office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.zionsbancorporation.com
If you still have something from Eastern Arizona Bank
A lien that was never released
Farmers and Merchants Bank failed on Jun 18, 1990. 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 Zions Bancorporation, N.A., 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, The Stockmen's Bank). Start with Zions Bancorporation, N.A., and ask them to search under the name Eastern Arizona 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 Zions Bancorporation, N.A.. 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 25289 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.