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What happened to Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana?
Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana in New Castle, IN (earlier called Bank of Henry County, Shirley, Indiana and 1 other name) merged into Star Financial Bank, Anderson, Indiana of Fort Wayne, IN on Nov 15, 1997. That bank is now called STAR Financial Bank (Fort Wayne, IN).
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.
- 1904Bank of Henry County, Shirley, Indiana opens in New Castle, IN
- May 27, 1980renamed Bank of Henry County
- Oct 4, 1989renamed Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana
- Nov 15, 1997MERGEDStar Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana merged into Star Financial Bank, Anderson, Indiana of Fort Wayne, IN.FDIC certificate 8055 ends; its business continues under certificate 27235.
- TodayOPEN
STAR Financial BankMain office Fort Wayne, IN · FDIC certificate 27235 · 37 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every STAR Financial Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.starfinancial.com
If you still have something from Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana as lienholder, start with STAR Financial 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 STAR Financial Bank to search for the account under the name Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana. 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 STAR Financial Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana 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
7 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 4 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 400 N High StMuncie, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 3300 N Everbrook LnMuncie, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 403 Parkview DrNew Castle, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 3701 N Broadway AveMuncie, IN | OpenSTAR Financial Bank |
| 201 West Elm StreetGaston, IN | No longer reported |
| 2701 West Jackson StreetMuncie, IN | No longer reported |
| 310 Main StreetShirley, IN | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Star Financial Bank, New Castle, Indiana
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Star Financial BankMuncie, IN | Jan 1, 1991 |
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 8055 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.