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What happened to Conway Bank?
Conway Bank in Conway Springs, KS (earlier called The First National Bank of Conway Springs and 3 other names) merged into The First Security Bank of Overbrook, KS on May 8, 2026. The First Security Bank 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.
- 1886The First National Bank of Conway Springs opens in Conway Springs, KS
- Jan 1, 1996renamed The First National Bank
- Jan 18, 2001renamed The First National Bank of Conway Springs
- Jan 1, 2002renamed Conway Bank, National Association
- Dec 21, 2016renamed Conway Bank
- May 8, 2026MERGEDConway Bank merged into The First Security Bank of Overbrook, KS.FDIC certificate 4649 ends; its business continues under certificate 4752.
- TodayOPEN
The First Security BankMain office Overbrook, KS · FDIC certificate 4752 · 8 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every The First Security Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstsecurityks.com
If you still have something from Conway Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Conway Bank as lienholder, start with The First Security 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 The First Security Bank to search for the account under the name Conway 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 The First Security Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Conway 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
5 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 4 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 124 W Spring AveConway Springs, KS | OpenThe First Security Bank |
| 121 E Kellogg StWichita, KS | OpenThe First Security Bank |
| 101 S Main StArgonia, KS | OpenThe First Security Bank |
| 310 S Main StNorwich, KS | OpenThe First Security Bank |
| 11122 East CentralWichita, KS | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Conway Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 3 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of ArgoniaArgonia, KS | Oct 13, 2017 |
| The Farmers State Bank of Norwich, KansasNorwich, KS | Jan 1, 1996 |
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 4649 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.