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What happened to First National Bank?
First National Bank in North Platte, NE (earlier called The First National Bank and Trust Company of North Platte) merged into First National Bank of Omaha of Omaha, NE on Mar 31, 2014. First National Bank of Omaha 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 and Trust Company of North Platte opens in North Platte, NE
- Sep 19, 1989renamed First National Bank
- Mar 31, 2014MERGEDFirst National Bank merged into First National Bank of Omaha of Omaha, NE.FDIC certificate 5449 ends; its business continues under certificate 5452.
- TodayOPEN
First National Bank of OmahaMain office Omaha, NE · FDIC certificate 5452 · 138 offices in 9 states on June 30, 2026Every First National Bank of Omaha office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fnbo.com
If you still have something from First National Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First National Bank as lienholder, start with First National Bank of Omaha. 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 First National Bank of Omaha to search for the account under the name First National 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 First National Bank of Omaha which branch now holds boxes from the First National 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
8 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 201 N Dewey StNorth Platte, NE | OpenFirst National Bank of Omaha |
| 1926 BroadwayScottsbluff, NE | OpenFirst National Bank of Omaha |
| 124 W 3rd StAlliance, NE | OpenFirst National Bank of Omaha |
| 315 W 3rd StChadron, NE | OpenFirst National Bank of Omaha |
| 201 E Francis StNorth Platte, NE | OpenFirst National Bank of Omaha |
| 1740 10th StreetGering, NE | No longer reported |
| 1008 North JeffersNorth Platte, NE | No longer reported |
| 216 East 3rd StreetAlliance, NE | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First National Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Alliance National Bank and Trust CompanyAlliance, NE | Aug 1, 1994 |
| Platte Valley Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan AssociationGering, NE | May 11, 1990 |
| Nile Valley Federal Savings and Loan AssociationScottsbluff, NE | Sep 15, 1989 |
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 5449 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.