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What happened to Colonial Bank?
Colonial Bank in Montgomery, AL (earlier called Bank of Lexington and 4 other names) failed, and Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC took it over on Aug 14, 2009. That bank is now called 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.
- 1917Bank of Lexington opens in Montgomery, AL
- Jun 19, 1985renamed The Colonial Bank of Northwest Alabama
- Dec 30, 1986renamed The Colonial Bank - Northern Region
- Nov 27, 1989renamed Colonial Bank
- Aug 8, 2003renamed Colonial Bank, National Association
- Jun 10, 2008renamed Colonial Bank
- Aug 14, 2009FAILEDColonial Bank failed, and Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC took it over.FDIC certificate 9609 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 Colonial Bank
A lien that was never released
Colonial Bank failed on Aug 14, 2009. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to Truist Bank, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Branch Banking and Trust Company). Start with Truist Bank, and ask them to search under the name Colonial Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask Truist Bank. A box abandoned for years may have been 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
497 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 140 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2501 20th Pl SBirmingham, AL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 15150 Preston RdDallas, TX | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4959 S Cleveland AveFort Myers, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 114 N Tennessee AveLakeland, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 19235 Biscayne BlvdAventura, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2791 S Mccall RdEnglewood, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 611 W 5th StAustin, TX | OpenTruist Bank |
| 450 N Pine Island RdPlantation, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 10565 S Eastern AveHenderson, NV | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 19720 Cochran BlvdPort Charlotte, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1440 Paseo Verde PkwyHenderson, NV | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 2318 James L Redman PkwyPlant City, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 390 W Crogan St, Ste 100Lawrenceville, GA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2390 Tamiami TrlPunta Gorda, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 15259 Court StMoulton, AL | OpenBank Independent |
| 900 Se 17th StFort Lauderdale, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 7545 N Kendall DrMiami, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1635 Taylor RdPort Orange, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 305 Church St SwHuntsville, AL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 655 W Brandon BlvdBrandon, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4820 Blue Diamond RdLas Vegas, NV | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 7600 Seminole BlvdSeminole, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4640 S Fort Apache RdLas Vegas, NV | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 12390 Sw 120th StMiami, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2818 Vista BlvdSparks, NV | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1701 S Dale Mabry HwyTampa, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 405 Douglas AveBrewton, AL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2223 Del Prado Blvd SCape Coral, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 889 111th Ave NNaples, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1190 Homestead Rd NLehigh Acres, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4312 Manatee Ave WBradenton, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 360 Peachtree PkwyCumming, GA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 69 Westward DrMiami Springs, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 5891 W Craig RdLas Vegas, NV | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 125 Worth Ave, Ste 100Palm Beach, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2921 Sw High Meadows AvePalm City, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 801 E State Road 434Longwood, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 6400 N Federal HwyFort Lauderdale, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4420 Us Highway 98 NLakeland, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 3660 Havendale Blvd NwWinter Haven, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
Banks folded into Colonial Bank
45 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 81 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 9609 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.