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What happened to TierOne Bank?
TierOne Bank in Lincoln, NE (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association and 2 other names) failed, and Great Western Bank of Sioux Falls, SD took it over on Jun 4, 2010. After 1 more change of hands, what was TierOne Bank is today part of First Interstate Bank (Billings, MT).
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.
- 1907First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Lincoln, NE
- Apr 30, 1988renamed First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lincoln
- Jun 1, 1995renamed First Federal Lincoln Bank
- Feb 9, 2002renamed TierOne Bank
- Jun 4, 2010FAILEDTierOne Bank failed, and Great Western Bank of Sioux Falls, SD took it over.FDIC certificate 29341 ends; its business continues under certificate 15289.
- Feb 1, 2022MERGEDGreat Western Bank of Sioux Falls, SD merged into First Interstate Bank of Billings, MT.FDIC certificate 15289 ends; its business continues under certificate 1105.
- TodayOPEN
First Interstate BankMain office Billings, MT · FDIC certificate 1105 · 274 offices in 10 states on June 30, 2026Every First Interstate Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstinterstatebank.com
If you still have something from TierOne Bank
A lien that was never released
TierOne Bank failed on Jun 4, 2010. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to First Interstate Bank, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Great Western Bank). Start with First Interstate Bank, and ask them to search under the name TierOne Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 First Interstate Bank. 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. 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
92 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 135 N Cotner BlvdLincoln, NE | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 2120 1st AveKearney, NE | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 1301 Main AveCrete, NE | OpenFirst Interstate Bank |
| 423 W 3rd StAlliance, NE | OpenSecurity First Bank |
| 211 W C StMccook, NE | OpenSecurity First Bank |
| 509 Chestnut StAtlantic, IA | No longer reported |
| 321 Burlington St.Holdrege, NE | No longer reported |
| 424 W. AveHoldrege, NE | No longer reported |
| 163 Grand AveBurwell, NE | No longer reported |
| 1401 S Washington St. Suite APapillion, NE | No longer reported |
| 702 E. Douglas St.O'neill, NE | No longer reported |
| 1301 J StAuburn, NE | No longer reported |
| 173 So 3rd StTecumseh, NE | No longer reported |
| 802 N Broadway StRed Oak, IA | No longer reported |
| 1028 Toledo StSidney, NE | No longer reported |
| 1811 W 2nd St, Ste 108Grand Island, NE | No longer reported |
| 1811 W 2nd StGrand Island, NE | No longer reported |
| 700 N. Webb RdGrand Island, NE | No longer reported |
| 2120 1st AveKearney, NE | No longer reported |
| 609 Howard AveSt. Paul, NE | No longer reported |
| 301 E WashingtonClarinda, IA | No longer reported |
| 700 W Thomas AveShenandoah, IA | No longer reported |
| 127 So 4th StAlbion, NE | No longer reported |
| 1000 E Court StBeatrice, NE | No longer reported |
| 103 E Main StBloomfield, NE | No longer reported |
| 901 South D St.Broken Bow, NE | No longer reported |
| 101 E. KimballCallaway, NE | No longer reported |
| 700 N BurlingtonHastings, NE | No longer reported |
| 211 W C StMccook, NE | No longer reported |
| 3939 Normal BlvdLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 6945 A StLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 840 North 70th StreetLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 1235 N StLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 135 No Cotner BlvdLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 3301 So 13th StLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 3410 N 27th StLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 3939 Normal BlvdLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 5300 So 56th StLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 5533 S 27th St Ste 101Lincoln, NE | No longer reported |
| 6424 Havelock AveLincoln, NE | No longer reported |
Banks folded into TierOne Bank
7 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 20 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| United Nebraska BankGrand Island, NE | Aug 27, 2004 |
| First Federal Lincoln Bank-IowaCouncil Bluffs, IA | Dec 18, 1998 |
| Rooks County FSAPlainville, KS | Dec 31, 1988 |
| Norfolk First Federal Savings and Loan AssociationNorfolk, NE | Sep 30, 1982 |
| Tri Federal Savings and Loan AssociationWahoo, NE | Jul 31, 1982 |
| Great Plains Federal Savings and Loan AssociationFalls City, NE | Jun 30, 1982 |
| Bloomfield Federal Savings and Loan AssociationBloomfield, NE | Mar 31, 1979 |
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 29341 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.