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What happened to Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio?
Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio in Kent, OH (earlier called Falls Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into Fifth Third Bank of Northeastern Ohio of Cleveland, OH on Jan 4, 1997. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio is today part of Fifth Third Bank, National Association (Cincinnati, OH).
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.
- 1888Falls Savings and Loan Association opens in Kent, OH
- Nov 30, 1989renamed Falls Savings Bank, FSB
- Jul 21, 1995renamed Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio
- Jan 4, 1997MERGEDFifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio merged into Fifth Third Bank of Northeastern Ohio of Cleveland, OH.FDIC certificate 28184 ends; its business continues under certificate 34000.
- Jan 2, 1998MERGEDFifth Third Bank of Northeastern Ohio of Cleveland, OH merged into The Fifth Third Bank of Northwestern Ohio, National Association of Toledo, OH.FDIC certificate 34000 ends; its business continues under certificate 776.
- Dec 29, 2000MERGEDThe Fifth Third Bank of Northwestern Ohio, National Association (by then renamed Fifth Third Bank, Northwestern Ohio, National Association) of Toledo, OH merged into Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, OH.FDIC certificate 776 ends; its business continues under certificate 6672.
- TodayOPEN
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6672 · 1,513 offices in 15 states on June 30, 2026Every Fifth Third Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.53.com
If you still have something from Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio as lienholder, start with Fifth Third Bank, National Association. 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 Fifth Third Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio. 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 Fifth Third Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Fifth Third Savings Bank of Northern Ohio 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
17 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 3150 S Arlington RdAkron, OH | OpenFifth Third Bank, National Association |
| 1597 South Water StreetKent, OH | No longer reported |
| 1900 W. Market St.Akron, OH | No longer reported |
| 3150 S. Arlington Rd.Akron, OH | No longer reported |
| 360 E Waterloo RdAkron, OH | No longer reported |
| 576 Canton Rd.Akron, OH | No longer reported |
| 532 Wooster Rd WBarberton, OH | No longer reported |
| 230 Howe Rd..Cuyahoga Falls, OH | No longer reported |
| 994 Graham Rd.Cuyahoga Falls, OH | No longer reported |
| 3750-Q W Marekt StFairlawn, OH | No longer reported |
| 122 W. Streetsboro St.Hudson, OH | No longer reported |
| 4062 Fishcreek RdStow, OH | No longer reported |
| 4301 Kent Rd.Stow, OH | No longer reported |
| 40 North Ave.Tallmadge, OH | No longer reported |
| 4014 State Rd.Cuyahoga Falls, OH | No longer reported |
| 4301 Kent Rd.Stow, OH | No longer reported |
| 1597 S. Water St.Kent, OH | No longer reported |
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 28184 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.