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What happened to Home Federal Savings Bank?
Home Federal Savings Bank in Norfolk, VA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Home Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Norfolk, VA on Oct 1, 1994. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Home Federal Savings Bank is today part of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (Buffalo, NY).
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.
- 1992Home Federal Savings Bank opens in Norfolk, VA
- Oct 1, 1994RESOLVEDHome Federal Savings Bank was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Home Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Norfolk, VA.FDIC certificate 33631 ends; its business continues under certificate 33943.
- Sep 15, 1995MERGEDHome Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Norfolk, VA merged into Essex Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Norfolk, VA.FDIC certificate 33943 ends; its business continues under certificate 32377.
- May 1, 2004MERGEDEssex Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Norfolk, VA merged into Provident Bank of Maryland of Baltimore, MD.FDIC certificate 32377 ends; its business continues under certificate 15951.
- May 23, 2009MERGEDProvident Bank of Maryland of Baltimore, MD merged into Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company of Buffalo, NY.FDIC certificate 15951 ends; its business continues under certificate 588.
- TodayOPEN
Manufacturers and Traders Trust CompanyMain office Buffalo, NY · FDIC certificate 588 · 957 offices in 14 states on June 30, 2026Every Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.mtb.com
If you still have something from Home Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
Home Federal Savings Bank was closed in a federal resolution on Oct 1, 1994. 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. Ask Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company as well: the chain above leads there. 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, Home Savings Bank, F.S.B.). Start with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, and ask them to search under the name Home Federal Savings 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. Today, ask Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company. 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.
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. None is still reporting as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 700 Boush St.Norfolk, VA | No longer reported |
| 2825 Godwin BoulevardSuffolk, VA | No longer reported |
| 12599 Warwick BoulevardNewport News, VA | No longer reported |
| 550 Settlers Landing RoadHampton, VA | No longer reported |
| 3520 High StreetPortsmouth, VA | No longer reported |
| 3511 High St.Portsmouth, VA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Home Federal Savings Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Home Savings Bank FSBNorfolk, VA | Jul 10, 1992 |
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 33631 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.