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What happened to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh?
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association) failed, and Pittsburgh National Bank of Pittsburgh, PA took it over on Jan 4, 1991. After 1 more change of hands, what was First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh is today part of PNC Bank, National Association (Wilmington, DE).
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 Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Pittsburgh, PA
- Mar 31, 1989renamed First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh
- Jan 4, 1991FAILEDFirst Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh failed, and Pittsburgh National Bank of Pittsburgh, PA took it over.FDIC certificate 29161 ends; its business continues under certificate 7944.
- Sep 6, 1996MERGEDPittsburgh National Bank (by then renamed PNC Bank, National Association) of Pittsburgh, PA merged into PNC Bank, National Association of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 7944 ends; its business continues under certificate 6384.
- TodayOPEN
PNC Bank, National AssociationMain office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 6384 · 2,401 offices in 28 states on June 30, 2026Every PNC Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.pnc.com
If you still have something from First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh
A lien that was never released
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh failed on Jan 4, 1991, 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 PNC 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, Pittsburgh National Bank). Start with PNC Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh.
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 PNC 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 Pittsburgh
8 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Dollar Savings and Loan AssociationBeaver, PA | Nov 30, 1986 |
| Tower Federal Savings and Loan AssociationNew Brighton, PA | Jul 31, 1986 |
| Security First Federal Savings and Loan AssociationPittsburgh, PA | Mar 31, 1984 |
| Cambria Savings and Loan AssociationJohnstown, PA | Mar 31, 1983 |
| Friendly City Federal Savings and Loan AssociationJohnstown, PA | Jan 31, 1983 |
| Chartiers Valley Savings and Loan AssociationCarnegie, PA | Apr 30, 1982 |
| Fort Pitt Federal Savings and Loan AssociationPittsburgh, PA | Oct 31, 1981 |
| Franklin Federal Savings and Loan AssociationPittsburgh, PA | Jan 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 29161 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.