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What happened to First Financial Bank?
First Financial Bank in Stevens Point, WI (earlier called First Savings Association of Wisconsin and 1 other name) merged into Associated Bank Milwaukee of Milwaukee, WI on Nov 12, 1998. After 1 more change of hands, what was First Financial Bank is today part of Associated Bank, National Association (Green Bay, WI).
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.
- 1934First Savings Association of Wisconsin opens in Stevens Point, WI
- Aug 31, 1985renamed First Financial Savings Association
- Jan 1, 1996renamed First Financial Bank
- Nov 12, 1998MERGEDFirst Financial Bank merged into Associated Bank Milwaukee of Milwaukee, WI.FDIC certificate 28939 ends; its business continues under certificate 1509.
- Apr 20, 2001MERGEDAssociated Bank Milwaukee of Milwaukee, WI merged into Associated Bank, National Association of Green Bay, WI.FDIC certificate 1509 ends; its business continues under certificate 5296.
- TodayOPEN
Associated Bank, National AssociationMain office Green Bay, WI · FDIC certificate 5296 · 217 offices in 6 states on June 30, 2026Every Associated Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.associatedbank.com
If you still have something from First Financial Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Financial Bank as lienholder, start with Associated 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 Associated Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name First Financial 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 Associated Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the First Financial 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
131 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 18 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 15665 W National AveNew Berlin, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 430 E Silver Spring DrWhitefish Bay, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 8683 Highway 51 NMinocqua, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 2645 N Mayfair RdWauwatosa, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 600 Main StreetWatertown, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 201 Park AveBeaver Dam, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 2727 Post RdPlover, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 711 Grand AvenueWisconsin Rapids, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 2403 E Main StMerrill, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 3432 S 27th StMilwaukee, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 450 N Holmen DrHolmen, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 219 W Center StWhitewater, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 300 E Lake StLake Mills, WI | OpenBank Cmg |
| 7900 W Brown Deer RdMilwaukee, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 12 J Lindemann DrEvansville, WI | OpenBank Cmg |
| 5350 W Fond Du Lac AveMilwaukee, WI | OpenAssociated Bank, National Association |
| 36427 Main StWhitehall, WI | OpenWaumandee State Bank |
| 203 Main StBlack River Falls, WI | OpenWaumandee State Bank |
| 117 S. Broad St.Bayfield, WI | No longer reported |
| 1482 West Mason StreetGreen Bay, WI | No longer reported |
| 2235 Main StreetGreen Bay, WI | No longer reported |
| 1482 W. Mason St.Green Bay, WI | No longer reported |
| 2235 Main St.Green Bay, WI | No longer reported |
| 1865 N. HendersonGalesburg, IL | No longer reported |
| 50 E. Main St.Galesburg, IL | No longer reported |
| 620 Main StreetLA Crosse, WI | No longer reported |
| 1101 Main StreetOnalaska, WI | No longer reported |
| 620 Main St.LA Crosse, WI | No longer reported |
| 926 W College AvenueAppleton, WI | No longer reported |
| 926 W. College Ave.Appleton, WI | No longer reported |
| 1007 N. Fourth St.Chillicothe, IL | No longer reported |
| 101 E. EvergreenElmwood, IL | No longer reported |
| 103 W. Forrest Hill St.Peoria, IL | No longer reported |
| 111 N. Jefferson Ave.Peoria, IL | No longer reported |
| 201b Northwoods MallPeoria, IL | No longer reported |
| 3222 W. Harmon HighwayPeoria, IL | No longer reported |
| 4125 N. Sheridan Rd.Peoria, IL | No longer reported |
| 4600 Brandywine Dr.Peoria, IL | No longer reported |
| 700 Main St.Peoria, IL | No longer reported |
| 7620 N University StPeoria, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Financial Bank
11 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 30 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First Federal Savings Bank, F.S.B.Rockford, IL | Feb 28, 1995 |
| First Financial-Port Savings Bank, FSBPort Washington, WI | Oct 1, 1994 |
| North Land Bank of Wisconsin, SSBAshland, WI | Feb 27, 1994 |
| Westinghouse Federal Bank, A Federal Savings BankGalesburg, IL | Jan 1, 1993 |
| Security Federal Savings and Loan AssociationPeoria, IL | Aug 17, 1990 |
| Durand Federal Savings and Loan AssociationDurand, WI | May 25, 1990 |
| Illini Federal Savings and Loan AssociationFairview Heights, IL | Jan 18, 1990 |
| National Savings and Loan AssociationWauwatosa, WI | Mar 31, 1988 |
| First State Savings of WisconsinWaukesha, WI | Aug 31, 1985 |
| First Financial Savings and Loan AssociationStevens Point, WI | Aug 31, 1985 |
| Wisconsin Savings and Loan AssociationMilwaukee, WI | Aug 31, 1976 |
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 28939 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.