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What happened to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing?
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing in Lansing, IL merged into Concordia Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing, IL on Aug 31, 1982. After 4 more changes of hands, what was First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing is today part of Citizens Bank, National Association (Providence, RI).
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.
- 1926First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing opens in Lansing, IL
- Aug 31, 1982MERGEDFirst Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing merged into Concordia Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing, IL.FDIC certificate 29157 ends; its business continues under certificate 29383.
- May 29, 1990RESOLVEDConcordia Federal Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed Concordia Federal Bank for Savings) of Lansing, IL was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Advance Federal Bank for Savings of Lansing, IL.FDIC certificate 29383 ends; its business continues under certificate 33104. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Feb 17, 1989.
- Sep 13, 1999MERGEDAdvance Federal Bank for Savings (by then renamed Advance Bank, s.b.) of Lansing, IL merged into Advance Bank of Lansing, IL.FDIC certificate 33104 ends; its business continues under certificate 11687.
- Jul 11, 2003MERGEDAdvance Bank of Lansing, IL merged into Charter One Bank, National Association of Cleveland, OH.FDIC certificate 11687 ends; its business continues under certificate 28932.
- Sep 1, 2007MERGEDCharter One Bank, National Association of Cleveland, OH merged into RBS Citizens, National Association of Providence, RI.FDIC certificate 28932 ends; its business continues under certificate 57957.
- TodayOPEN
Citizens Bank, National AssociationMain office Providence, RI · FDIC certificate 57957 · 971 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every Citizens Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.citizensbank.com
If you still have something from First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing
A lien that was never released
Concordia Federal Bank for Savings failed on Feb 17, 1989, 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 Citizens Bank, National Association 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, Advance Federal Bank for Savings). Start with Citizens Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing.
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 Citizens Bank, National Association. 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 ▾
Banks folded into First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lansing
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Richton Savings and Loan AssociationRichton Park, IL | Jun 30, 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 29157 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.