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What happened to First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas?
First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas in Denton, TX (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into Jefferson Savings and Loan Association, F.A. of Denton, TX on Dec 31, 1998. After 2 more changes of hands, what was First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas is today part of Regions Bank (Birmingham, AL).
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 Denton, TX
- Oct 18, 1990renamed First Federal Savings Bank of Longview
- May 31, 1995renamed First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas
- Dec 31, 1998MERGEDFirst Federal Savings Bank of North Texas merged into Jefferson Savings and Loan Association, F.A. of Denton, TX.FDIC certificate 29221 ends; its business continues under certificate 30292.
- Jun 21, 2002MERGEDJefferson Savings and Loan Association, F.A. (by then renamed Jefferson Heritage Bank) of Denton, TX merged into Union Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN.FDIC certificate 30292 ends; its business continues under certificate 4979.
- Jun 30, 2005MERGEDUnion Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN merged into Regions Bank of Birmingham, AL.FDIC certificate 4979 ends; its business continues under certificate 12368.
- TodayOPEN
Regions BankMain office Birmingham, AL · FDIC certificate 12368 · 1,245 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every Regions Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.regions.com
If you still have something from First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas as lienholder, start with Regions 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 Regions Bank to search for the account under the name First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas. 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 Regions Bank which branch now holds boxes from the First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas 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
22 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. None is still reporting as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 3517 Sowell LnTexarkana, TX | No longer reported |
| 500 HarwoodBedford, TX | No longer reported |
| 521 E Price StKeller, TX | No longer reported |
| 801 N JeffersonMt Pleasant, TX | No longer reported |
| 1415 S Fm 51Decatur, TX | No longer reported |
| 101 KaufmanMt Vernon, TX | No longer reported |
| 2721 E Marshall AveLongview, TX | No longer reported |
| 119 S Market StCarthage, TX | No longer reported |
| 321 W OakDenton, TX | No longer reported |
| 302 S StemmonsLewisville, TX | No longer reported |
| 500 Hwy 377 SPilot Point, TX | No longer reported |
| 116 E South StLongview, TX | No longer reported |
| 3505 Mccann RdLongview, TX | No longer reported |
| 3600 Gilmer RdLongview, TX | No longer reported |
| 603 S White Oak RdWhite Oak, TX | No longer reported |
| 2914 Ridge RdRockwall, TX | No longer reported |
| 9802 Lakeview PkyRowlett, TX | No longer reported |
| 306 N DavisSulphur Springs, TX | No longer reported |
| 987 W Centerfield RdGarland, TX | No longer reported |
| 101 BroadnaxDaingerfield, TX | No longer reported |
| 117 S GreerPittsburg, TX | No longer reported |
| 801 E Main Suite BAllen, TX | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Federal Savings Bank of North Texas
4 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 5 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Loan and Building State Savings BankSulphur Springs, TX | Feb 28, 1997 |
| Texas Heritage Savings Association/bancRowlett, TX | Dec 31, 1996 |
| Shelby-Panola Savings AssociationCarthage, TX | Jul 13, 1995 |
| North Texas Savings and Loan AssociationDenton, TX | May 31, 1995 |
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 29221 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.