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What happened to Frontier Federal Savings Bank?
Frontier Federal Savings Bank in Dyersburg, TN was merged into Security First FSB of Dyersburg, TN with federal assistance on Jun 30, 1988. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Frontier Federal Savings Bank 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.
- 1935Frontier Federal Savings Bank opens in Dyersburg, TN
- Jun 30, 1988ASSISTED MERGERFrontier Federal Savings Bank was merged into Security First FSB of Dyersburg, TN with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 29402 ends; its business continues under certificate 32587.
- May 1, 1995MERGEDSecurity First FSB (by then renamed Union Planters Bank, FSB) of Dyersburg, TN merged into Union Planters Bank of West Tennessee of Humboldt, TN.FDIC certificate 32587 ends; its business continues under certificate 10309.
- Jan 1, 1998MERGEDUnion Planters Bank of West Tennessee of Humboldt, TN merged into Union Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN.FDIC certificate 10309 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 Frontier Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Frontier Federal Savings Bank 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.
Frontier Federal Savings Bank was merged with federal assistance on Jun 30, 1988. The FDIC's limit on lien releases is for mergers without government assistance, so FDIC Resolution Inquiries (888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central, weekdays) can tell you whether it holds anything for this bank.
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 Frontier Federal Savings 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 Regions Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Frontier Federal Savings 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.
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 Frontier Federal Savings Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Northwest Tennessee Savings and Loan Association IncorporatedDyersburg, TN | Dec 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 29402 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.