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What happened to City Trust Company?
City Trust Company in Bridgeport, CT merged into The City National Bank of Connecticut of Bridgeport, CT on Jun 30, 1971. After 3 more changes of hands, what was City Trust Company is today part of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Columbus, OH).
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.
- 1854City Trust Company opens in Bridgeport, CT
- Jun 30, 1971MERGEDCity Trust Company merged into The City National Bank of Connecticut of Bridgeport, CT.FDIC certificate 11270 ends; its business continues under certificate 2531.
- Aug 9, 1991FAILEDThe City National Bank of Connecticut (by then renamed Citytrust) of Bridgeport, CT failed, and The Chase Manhattan Bank of Connecticut, National Association of Bridgeport, CT took it over.FDIC certificate 2531 ends; its business continues under certificate 33477.
- May 1, 1995MERGEDThe Chase Manhattan Bank of Connecticut, National Association of Bridgeport, CT merged into The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) of New York City, NY.FDIC certificate 33477 ends; its business continues under certificate 624.
- Jul 14, 1996MERGEDThe Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) of New York City, NY merged into Chemical Bank of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 624 ends; its business continues under certificate 628.
- TodayOPEN
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 628 · 5,141 offices in 49 states on June 30, 2026Every JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.jpmorganchase.com
If you still have something from City Trust Company
A lien that was never released
Citytrust failed on Aug 9, 1991. 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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, 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, The Chase Manhattan Bank of Connecticut, National Association). Start with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name City Trust Company.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. 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.
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 ▾
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 11270 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.