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What happened to Butler Bank?
Butler Bank in Lowell, MA (earlier called Butler Bank--A Co-operative Bank) failed, and People's United Bank of Bridgeport, CT took it over on Apr 16, 2010. After 1 more change of hands, what was Butler Bank is today part of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (Buffalo, NY).
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.
- 1901Butler Bank--A Co-operative Bank opens in Lowell, MA
- Dec 23, 2005renamed Butler Bank
- Apr 16, 2010FAILEDButler Bank failed, and People's United Bank of Bridgeport, CT took it over.FDIC certificate 26619 ends; its business continues under certificate 27334.
- Apr 2, 2022MERGEDPeople's United Bank (by then renamed People's United Bank, National Association) of Bridgeport, CT merged into Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company of Buffalo, NY.FDIC certificate 27334 ends; its business continues under certificate 588.
- TodayOPEN
Manufacturers and Traders Trust CompanyMain office Buffalo, NY · FDIC certificate 588 · 957 offices in 14 states on June 30, 2026Every Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.mtb.com
If you still have something from Butler Bank
A lien that was never released
Butler Bank failed on Apr 16, 2010. 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 Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, 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, People's United Bank). Start with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, and ask them to search under the name Butler Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company. 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. 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
4 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 3 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 16 N Main StAndover, MA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 322 Maple StMarlborough, MA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 10 George StLowell, MA | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 175 Main StreetMarlborough, MA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Butler Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Marlborough Co-operative BankMarlborough, MA | Nov 10, 2008 |
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 26619 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.