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What happened to Crestar Bank?
Crestar Bank in Richmond, VA (earlier called United Virginia Bank) merged into Crestar Bank of Richmond, VA on Nov 15, 1996. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Crestar Bank is today part of Truist Bank (Charlotte, NC).
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.
- 1865United Virginia Bank opens in Richmond, VA
- Sep 1, 1987renamed Crestar Bank
- Nov 15, 1996MERGEDCrestar Bank merged into Crestar Bank of Richmond, VA.FDIC certificate 832 ends; its business continues under certificate 12543.
- Jan 1, 2000MERGEDCrestar Bank of Richmond, VA merged into SunTrust Bank of Atlanta, GA.FDIC certificate 12543 ends; its business continues under certificate 867.
- Dec 7, 2019MERGEDSunTrust Bank of Atlanta, GA merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 867 ends; its business continues under certificate 9846.
- TodayOPEN
Truist BankMain office Charlotte, NC · FDIC certificate 9846 · 1,928 offices in 18 states on June 30, 2026Every Truist Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.Truist.com
If you still have something from Crestar Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Crestar Bank as lienholder, start with Truist 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 Truist Bank to search for the account under the name Crestar 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 Truist Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Crestar 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
293 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 66 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 919 E Main StRichmond, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1301 Chain Bridge RdMclean, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4020 University DrFairfax, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 13049 Route 50Fairfax, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 10 Franklin Rd SeRoanoke, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 150 W Main StNorfolk, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 440 Maple Ave EVienna, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 11501 W Broad StRichmond, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 11600 Plaza America DrReston, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 6052 Burke Commons RdBurke, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 9072 W Broad StRichmond, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 3610h King StAlexandria, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 7205 Commerce StSpringfield, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 46340 Potomac Run PlzSterling, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 7915 Sudley RdManassas, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 6216 Rolling RdSpringfield, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 711 First Colonial RdVirginia Beach, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1201 Emmet St NCharlottesville, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2730 Ogden RdRoanoke, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1401 Hershberger Rd NwRoanoke, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 14200e Centreville SqCentreville, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1348 Sycamore SqMidlothian, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 180 E Market StHarrisonburg, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 3334 Virginia Beach BlvdVirginia Beach, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2929 Keagy RdSalem, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 210 E Washington AveVinton, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 5800 E Virginia Beach BlvdNorfolk, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 5816 Grove AveRichmond, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1100 W Broad StWaynesboro, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1007 Edwards Ferry Rd NeLeesburg, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 9397 S Congress StNew Market, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 6745 Langston BlvdArlington, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 15345 Creativity DrCulpeper, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 5922 Richmond HwyAlexandria, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 112 Mcclanahan St SwRoanoke, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 7227 Williamson RdRoanoke, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4708 Forest Hill AveRichmond, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 6385 Richmond RdWilliamsburg, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 3513 W Cary StRichmond, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 849 Kempsville RdVirginia Beach, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
Banks folded into Crestar Bank
37 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 61 charters end up inside it.
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 832 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.