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What happened to Pennsylvania Savings Bank?
Pennsylvania Savings Bank in Philadelphia, PA (earlier called Pennsylvania Savings) merged into First Penn Bank of Chester Springs, PA on Oct 13, 1999. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Pennsylvania Savings Bank is today part of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (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.
- 1938Pennsylvania Savings opens in Philadelphia, PA
- Aug 31, 1990renamed Pennsylvania Savings Bank
- Oct 13, 1999MERGEDPennsylvania Savings Bank merged into First Penn Bank of Chester Springs, PA.FDIC certificate 30032 ends; its business continues under certificate 27013.
- Apr 15, 2016MERGEDFirst Penn Bank (by then renamed Conestoga Bank) of Chester Springs, PA merged into Beneficial Bank of Philadelphia, PA.FDIC certificate 27013 ends; its business continues under certificate 15697.
- Mar 1, 2019MERGEDBeneficial Bank of Philadelphia, PA merged into Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 15697 ends; its business continues under certificate 17838.
- TodayOPEN
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBMain office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 17838 · 94 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wsfsbank.com
If you still have something from Pennsylvania Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Pennsylvania Savings Bank as lienholder, start with Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB. 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 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB to search for the account under the name Pennsylvania 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 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB which branch now holds boxes from the Pennsylvania 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. 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
6 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2301 S 21st StPhiladelphia, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 10th & Catharine StsPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 2444 South Broad StPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1632 Walnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1833 E PassyunkPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 12 W. Glenside Ave.Glenside, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Pennsylvania Savings Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Savings AssociationPhiladelphia, PA | Mar 31, 1984 |
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 30032 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.