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FDIC certificate 29885 · Columbus, OH

What happened to Ohio Federal Savings and Loan Association?

Ohio Federal Savings and Loan Association in Columbus, OH merged into Mid-America Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbus, OH on Jun 30, 1982. The chain runs 2 steps further and ends with no operating bank.

1878
opened
1982
merged away
1
name it used
3
steps to the end

The chain, step by step

From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.

  1. 1878
    Ohio Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Columbus, OH
  2. Jun 30, 1982
    MERGEDOhio Federal Savings and Loan Association merged into Mid-America Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 29885 ends; its business continues under certificate 28783.
  3. Dec 15, 1990
    FAILEDMid-America Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbus, OH failed, and NBD Bank of Columbus, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 28783 ends; its business continues under certificate 33260.
  4. May 31, 1996
    CLOSEDNBD Bank of Columbus, OH closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 33260 ends.
  5. NO SUCCESSOR BANK
    The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.

If you still have something from Ohio Federal Savings and Loan Association

A lien that was never released

Mid-America Federal Savings and Loan Association failed on Dec 15, 1990, 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. 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, NBD Bank).

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. 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.

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.

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Banks folded into Ohio Federal Savings and Loan Association

1 bank merged directly into this charter.

BankEndedHow
Franklin Federal Savings and Loan AssociationColumbus, OHJan 31, 1981merged

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 29885 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.