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What happened to The First Savings Bank, FSB?
The First Savings Bank, FSB in Greenville, SC (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association) merged into Southern National Bank of South Carolina of Greenville, SC on Jan 28, 1994. After 2 more changes of hands, what was The First Savings Bank, FSB 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.
- 1933First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Greenville, SC
- Dec 20, 1990renamed The First Savings Bank, FSB
- Jan 28, 1994MERGEDThe First Savings Bank, FSB merged into Southern National Bank of South Carolina of Greenville, SC.FDIC certificate 28796 ends; its business continues under certificate 18847.
- May 30, 1995MERGEDSouthern National Bank of South Carolina of Greenville, SC merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of South Carolina of Greenville, SC.FDIC certificate 18847 ends; its business continues under certificate 21098.
- Dec 31, 2006MERGEDBranch Banking and Trust Company of South Carolina of Greenville, SC merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 21098 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 The First Savings Bank, FSB
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The First Savings Bank, FSB 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 The First Savings Bank, FSB. 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 The First Savings Bank, FSB 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.
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 ▾
Banks folded into The First Savings Bank, FSB
9 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Chester Savings and Loan AssociationChester, SC | Sep 30, 1982 |
| Standard Savings and Loan AssociationLancaster, SC | Aug 31, 1982 |
| First Federal Savings and Loan AssociationOrangeburg, SC | Jul 31, 1982 |
| State Savings and Loan AssociationWalterboro, SC | Jul 31, 1982 |
| Greer Federal Savings and Loan AssociationGreer, SC | Jun 30, 1982 |
| First Federal Savings and Loan AssociationSumter, SC | May 31, 1982 |
| Lexington County Savings and Loan AssociationWest Columbia, SC | May 31, 1982 |
| Piedmont Federal Savings and Loan Association of SpartanburgSpartanburg, SC | Mar 31, 1982 |
| Fort Hill Federal Savings and Loan AssociationClemson, SC | Oct 31, 1981 |
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 28796 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.