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What happened to Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi?
Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS merged into Union Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN on Jan 1, 1998. After 1 more change of hands, what was Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi is today part of Regions Bank (Birmingham, AL).
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.
- 1995Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi opens in Hattiesburg, MS
- Jan 1, 1998MERGEDUnion Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi merged into Union Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN.FDIC certificate 34051 ends; its business continues under certificate 4979.
- Jun 30, 2005MERGEDUnion Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN merged into Regions Bank of Birmingham, AL.FDIC certificate 4979 ends; its business continues under certificate 12368.
- TodayOPEN
Regions BankMain office Birmingham, AL · FDIC certificate 12368 · 1,245 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every Regions Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.regions.com
If you still have something from Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi as lienholder, start with Regions Bank. 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 Regions Bank to search for the account under the name Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi. 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 Regions Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi 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
18 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1121 Highway 90Bay Saint Louis, MS | OpenRegions Bank |
| 1400 Jackson AvePascagoula, MS | OpenRegions Bank |
| 2102 Columbia AvePrentiss, MS | OpenRegions Bank |
| 503 Main StCollins, MS | OpenRegions Bank |
| 219 General Robert E Blount DrBassfield, MS | OpenRegions Bank |
| 515 S Main StMount Olive, MS | OpenRegions Bank |
| 110 South 40th AvenueHattiesburg, MS | No longer reported |
| 908 Broadway DriveHattiesburg, MS | No longer reported |
| 202 West Central AvenuePetal, MS | No longer reported |
| 401 Security SquareGulfport, MS | No longer reported |
| 692 Beach BoulevardBiloxi, MS | No longer reported |
| 2301 14th StreetGulfport, MS | No longer reported |
| 1706 West 10th StreetLaurel, MS | No longer reported |
| 3220 Highway 15 NorthLaurel, MS | No longer reported |
| 910 Sawmill RoadLaurel, MS | No longer reported |
| 700 Hill StreetEllisville, MS | No longer reported |
| 4619 Main StreetMoss Point, MS | No longer reported |
| 1701 Bienville BoulevardOcean Springs, MS | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Union Planters Bank of Southern Mississippi
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 29 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Magnolia Federal Bank for SavingsHattiesburg, MS | Nov 1, 1997 |
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 34051 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.