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What happened to American Gateway Bank?
American Gateway Bank in Baton Rouge, LA (earlier called Bank of West Baton Rouge) merged into Business First Bank of Baton Rouge, LA on Apr 1, 2015. That bank is now called b1BANK (Baton Rouge, LA).
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.
- 1905Bank of West Baton Rouge opens in Baton Rouge, LA
- Mar 11, 2003renamed American Gateway Bank
- Apr 1, 2015MERGEDAmerican Gateway Bank merged into Business First Bank of Baton Rouge, LA.FDIC certificate 313 ends; its business continues under certificate 58228.
- TodayOPEN
b1BANKMain office Baton Rouge, LA · FDIC certificate 58228 · 61 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every b1BANK office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.b1bank.com
If you still have something from American Gateway Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows American Gateway Bank as lienholder, start with b1BANK. 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 b1BANK to search for the account under the name American Gateway 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 b1BANK which branch now holds boxes from the American Gateway 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
19 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 320 N Alexander AvePort Allen, LA | Openb1BANK |
| 11307 Coursey BlvdBaton Rouge, LA | Openb1BANK |
| 1821 W Highway 30Gonzales, LA | Openb1BANK |
| 729 S Vaughan DrBrusly, LA | Openb1BANK |
| 7880 Jefferson HwyBaton Rouge, LA | Openb1BANK |
| 31635 Louisiana Highway 16Denham Springs, LA | Openb1BANK |
| 4610 Poydras Bayou RoadErwinville, LA | No longer reported |
| 10725 Perkins RoadBaton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 4944 Florida StreetBaton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 1858 Church StreetZachary, LA | No longer reported |
| 412 North 4th Street (1st Floor)Baton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 2020 South BurnsideGonzales, LA | No longer reported |
| 140 Aspen Square, Suite FDenham Springs, LA | No longer reported |
| 402 South Range AvenueDenham Springs, LA | No longer reported |
| 13787 Old Hammond Highway,Baton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 8601 Siegen LaneBaton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 10974 Joor RoadBaton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 5355 Government StreetBaton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 5555 Burbank DriveBaton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
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 313 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.