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What happened to Standard Federal Savings Bank?
Standard Federal Savings Bank in Columbia, SC (earlier called Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association) failed, and Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbia, SC took it over on Aug 2, 1991. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Standard Federal Savings Bank is today part of Pinnacle Bank (Nashville, TN).
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.
- 1908Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Columbia, SC
- Mar 31, 1989renamed Standard Federal Savings Bank
- Aug 2, 1991FAILEDStandard Federal Savings Bank failed, and Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbia, SC took it over.FDIC certificate 27618 ends; its business continues under certificate 33478.
- Sep 24, 1993RESOLVEDStandard Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbia, SC was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, SC.FDIC certificate 33478 ends; its business continues under certificate 2111.
- Jun 1, 2010MERGEDThe National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, SC merged into Synovus Bank of Columbus, GA.FDIC certificate 2111 ends; its business continues under certificate 873.
- Jan 2, 2026MERGEDSynovus Bank of Columbus, GA merged into Pinnacle Bank of Nashville, TN.FDIC certificate 873 ends; its business continues under certificate 35583.
- TodayOPEN
Pinnacle BankMain office Nashville, TN · FDIC certificate 35583 · 389 offices in 9 states on June 30, 2026Every Pinnacle Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.pnfp.com
If you still have something from Standard Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
Standard Federal Savings Bank failed on Aug 2, 1991, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask Pinnacle Bank as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association). Start with Pinnacle Bank, and ask them to search under the name Standard Federal Savings 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 Pinnacle Bank. 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 27618 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.