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What happened to Uptown National Bank of Chicago?
Uptown National Bank of Chicago in Chicago, IL merged into Bridgeview Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeview, IL on Jun 12, 2003. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Uptown National Bank of Chicago is today part of Old National Bank (Evansville, 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.
- 1929Uptown National Bank of Chicago opens in Chicago, IL
- Jun 12, 2003MERGEDUptown National Bank of Chicago merged into Bridgeview Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeview, IL.FDIC certificate 919 ends; its business continues under certificate 21122.
- May 11, 2019MERGEDBridgeview Bank and Trust Company (by then renamed Bridgeview Bank Group) of Bridgeview, IL merged into First Midwest Bank of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 21122 ends; its business continues under certificate 3709.
- Feb 16, 2022MERGEDFirst Midwest Bank of Chicago, IL merged into Old National Bank of Evansville, IN.FDIC certificate 3709 ends; its business continues under certificate 3832.
- TodayOPEN
Old National BankMain office Evansville, IN · FDIC certificate 3832 · 354 offices in 10 states on June 30, 2026Every Old National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.oldnational.com
If you still have something from Uptown National Bank of Chicago
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Uptown National Bank of Chicago as lienholder, start with Old National 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 Old National Bank to search for the account under the name Uptown National Bank of Chicago. 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 Old National Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Uptown National Bank of Chicago 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
9 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 6041 N Clark StChicago, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 4753 N Broadway StChicago, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 1333 BroadwayTempe, AZ | No longer reported |
| 4222 East Camleback, Suite JPhoenix, AZ | No longer reported |
| 1058 West Bryn MawrChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 4605 N. Lincoln AveChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 5345 North Sheridan RoadChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 4753 North BroadwayChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 5333 North SheridanChicago, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Uptown National Bank of Chicago
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Heritage BankPhoenix, AZ | Sep 1, 2000 |
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 919 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.