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What happened to Patriot Bank?
Patriot Bank in Pottstown, PA (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into Equity Bank of Bryn Mawr, PA on Jun 10, 2004. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Patriot Bank is today part of Truist Bank (Charlotte, NC).
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.
- 1905First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Pottstown, PA
- Oct 18, 1991renamed Patriot Savings Bank
- May 22, 1997renamed Patriot Bank
- Jun 10, 2004MERGEDPatriot Bank merged into Equity Bank of Bryn Mawr, PA.FDIC certificate 28673 ends; its business continues under certificate 6443.
- Oct 11, 2008MERGEDEquity Bank (by then renamed Susquehanna Bank DV) of Bryn Mawr, PA merged into Susquehanna Bank of Lititz, PA.FDIC certificate 6443 ends; its business continues under certificate 7579.
- Aug 1, 2015MERGEDSusquehanna Bank of Lititz, PA merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 7579 ends; its business continues under certificate 9846.
- TodayOPEN
Truist BankMain office Charlotte, NC · FDIC certificate 9846 · 1,928 offices in 18 states on June 30, 2026Every Truist Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.Truist.com
If you still have something from Patriot Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Patriot Bank as lienholder, start with Truist 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 Truist Bank to search for the account under the name Patriot Bank. 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 Truist Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Patriot Bank 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
20 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 7 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 500 Main StWalnutport, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 159 E High StPottstown, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4915 Perkiomen AveReading, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1130 Chestnut StEmmaus, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 3101 Shillington RdSinking Spring, PA | OpenMid Penn Bank |
| 1139 W Hamilton StAllentown, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1345 Airport RdAllentown, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 46 W Main StFleetwood, PA | No longer reported |
| 101 East Philadelphia StreetBoyertown, PA | No longer reported |
| 4930 North 5th Street HighwayTemple, PA | No longer reported |
| 2228 State Hill RoadWyomissing, PA | No longer reported |
| 3920 West Tilghman StreetAllentown, PA | No longer reported |
| 2545 Mickley AvenueWhitehall, PA | No longer reported |
| 765 Blue Mountain DriveWalnutport, PA | No longer reported |
| 3600 Fairview StreetBethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 119 Nutt RoadPhoenixville, PA | No longer reported |
| 536 North Lewis RoadLimerick, PA | No longer reported |
| Fifth Ave. & Main St.Royersford, PA | No longer reported |
| 703 S West End BoulevardQuakertown, PA | No longer reported |
| 30 West Franklin StreetTopton, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Patriot Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First Lehigh BankWalnutport, PA | Jan 22, 1999 |
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 28673 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.