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What happened to Beach First National Bank?
Beach First National Bank in Myrtle Beach, SC failed, and Bank of North Carolina of Thomasville, NC took it over on Apr 9, 2010. After 1 more change of hands, what was Beach First National Bank is today part of Pinnacle Bank (Nashville, TN).
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.
- 1996Beach First National Bank opens in Myrtle Beach, SC
- Apr 9, 2010FAILEDBeach First National Bank failed, and Bank of North Carolina of Thomasville, NC took it over.FDIC certificate 34242 ends; its business continues under certificate 33527.
- Jun 16, 2017MERGEDBank of North Carolina of Thomasville, NC merged into Pinnacle Bank of Nashville, TN.FDIC certificate 33527 ends; its business continues under certificate 35583.
- TodayOPEN
Pinnacle BankMain office Nashville, TN · FDIC certificate 35583 · 389 offices in 9 states on June 30, 2026Every Pinnacle Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.pnfp.com
If you still have something from Beach First National Bank
A lien that was never released
Beach First National Bank failed on Apr 9, 2010. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to Pinnacle Bank, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Bank of North Carolina). Start with Pinnacle Bank, and ask them to search under the name Beach First National Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 Pinnacle Bank. 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
7 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 4 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 3751 Robert M Grissom Pkwy, Ste 100Myrtle Beach, SC | OpenPinnacle Bank |
| 710 Highway 17 NNorth Myrtle Beach, SC | OpenPinnacle Bank |
| 1000 William Hilton PkwyHilton Head Island, SC | OpenPinnacle Bank |
| 3064 Dick Pond RdMyrtle Beach, SC | OpenPinnacle Bank |
| 430 William Hilton Parkway, Ste. 501Hilton Head Island, SC | No longer reported |
| 7202 North Kings HighwayMyrtle Beach, SC | No longer reported |
| 115 Willbrook BlvdPawleys Island, SC | 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 34242 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.