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What happened to First Bank and Trust?
First Bank and Trust in New Orleans, LA merged into BankPlus of Belzoni, MS on Mar 1, 2022. BankPlus is open today.
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.
- 1991First Bank and Trust opens in New Orleans, LA
- Mar 1, 2022MERGEDFirst Bank and Trust merged into BankPlus of Belzoni, MS.FDIC certificate 33405 ends; its business continues under certificate 5903.
- TodayOPEN
BankPlusMain office Belzoni, MS · FDIC certificate 5903 · 73 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every BankPlus office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bankplus.net
If you still have something from First Bank and Trust
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Bank and Trust as lienholder, start with BankPlus. 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 BankPlus to search for the account under the name First Bank and Trust. 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 BankPlus which branch now holds boxes from the First Bank and Trust 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
35 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 11 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 118 Lake DrCovington, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 909 Poydras St, Ste 100New Orleans, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 1320 S Morrison BlvdHammond, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 458 Metairie RdMetairie, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 2800 Manhattan Blvd, Ste CHarvey, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 201 W Oak StAmite, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 3929 Veterans Memorial BlvdMetairie, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 4550 General Degaulle DrNew Orleans, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 8383 Jefferson HwyBaton Rouge, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 655 Grand Boulevard, Suite D 105BMiramar, FL | OpenBankPlus |
| 31579 Highway 22Springfield, LA | OpenBankPlus |
| 603 Silverstone, Suite 102aLafayette, LA | No longer reported |
| 2077 Gause Blvd ESlidell, LA | No longer reported |
| 244 Eisenhower DrBiloxi, MS | No longer reported |
| 5360 Mounes StreetHarahan, LA | No longer reported |
| 3417 Williams BoulevardKenner, LA | No longer reported |
| 11464 Highway 49Gulfport, MS | No longer reported |
| 2701 Johnston Street, Suite 101Lafayette, LA | No longer reported |
| 16270 Airline Hwy, Suite APrairieville, LA | No longer reported |
| 614 Third StreetKentwood, LA | No longer reported |
| 12871 Perkins Road, Suite CBaton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 409 Summit StreetWinona, MS | No longer reported |
| 1517 Bienville BoulevardOcean Springs, MS | No longer reported |
| One West Courthouse SquareGreensburg, LA | No longer reported |
| 7809 Jefferson Highway, Building C, Ste. 6Baton Rouge, LA | No longer reported |
| 998 Highway 51Madison, MS | No longer reported |
| 8356 West Judge Perez DriveChalmette, LA | No longer reported |
| 5335 Freret StreetNew Orleans, LA | No longer reported |
| 300 West Esplanade AvenueKenner, LA | No longer reported |
| 3235 North Causeway BoulevarMetairie, LA | No longer reported |
| 2316 ManhattanHarvey, LA | No longer reported |
| One Galleria BoulelvardMetairie, LA | No longer reported |
| 909 Poydras Street Suite 100New Orleans, LA | No longer reported |
| 3800 East Judge Perez DriveMeraux, LA | No longer reported |
| 3301 Williams BoulevardKenner, LA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Bank and Trust
5 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 6 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Globe Homestead Savings BankMetairie, LA | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Peoples Bank of LouisianaAmite, LA | Dec 31, 2008 |
| First Bank and Trust of MississippiWinona, MS | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Metro BankKenner, LA | Mar 12, 2001 |
| First City BankNew Orleans, LA | May 17, 1991 |
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 33405 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.