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What happened to Valley Bank?
Valley Bank in Moline, IL (earlier called State Bank of Latham) failed, and Great Southern Bank of Reeds Spring, MO took it over on Jun 20, 2014. Great Southern Bank 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.
- 1911State Bank of Latham opens in Moline, IL
- Jan 31, 2002renamed Valley Bank
- Jun 20, 2014FAILEDValley Bank failed, and Great Southern Bank of Reeds Spring, MO took it over.FDIC certificate 10450 ends; its business continues under certificate 29546.
- TodayOPEN
Great Southern BankMain office Reeds Spring, MO · FDIC certificate 29546 · 105 offices in 7 states on June 30, 2026Every Great Southern Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.greatsouthernbank.com
If you still have something from Valley Bank
A lien that was never released
Valley Bank failed on Jun 20, 2014. 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 Great Southern 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, Great Southern Bank). Start with Great Southern Bank, and ask them to search under the name Valley 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 Great Southern 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
20 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 13 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 500 E Le Claire RdEldridge, IA | OpenFirst Central State Bank |
| 2020 E Kimberly RdDavenport, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 509 A Ave WOskaloosa, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 2102 Spruce Hills DrBettendorf, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 210 Ne Delaware AveAnkeny, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 12257 University AveClive, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 427 W Kimberly RdDavenport, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 345 W 4th StSaint Ansgar, IA | OpenFarmers State Bank |
| 1022 W Pleasant StKnoxville, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 104 E 1st AveDonahue, IA | OpenFirst Trust and Savings Bank |
| 1290 Copper Creek DrPleasant Hill, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 2900 Devils Glen RdBettendorf, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 2351 W Locust St, Ste 100Davenport, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 3455 Avenue Of The CitiesMoline, IL | No longer reported |
| 402 Lincoln WayAmes, IA | No longer reported |
| 160 Adventureland Dr, Ste HAltoona, IA | No longer reported |
| 901 South 4th StreetClinton, IA | No longer reported |
| 4064 E 53rd Street, Ste 100Davenport, IA | No longer reported |
| 3140 Agency St, Ste 100Burlington, IA | No longer reported |
| 1651 Midtown Road, Suite 100Peru, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Valley Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Cedar Valley State BankSt. Ansgar, IA | Oct 1, 2003 |
| Valley State BankEldridge, IA | Jan 31, 2002 |
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 10450 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.