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What happened to The Bryn Mawr Trust Company?
The Bryn Mawr Trust Company in Bryn Mawr, PA merged into Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB of Wilmington, DE on Jan 1, 2022. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB 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.
- 1889The Bryn Mawr Trust Company opens in Bryn Mawr, PA
- Jan 1, 2022MERGEDThe Bryn Mawr Trust Company merged into Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 11866 ends; its business continues under certificate 17838.
- TodayOPEN
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBMain office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 17838 · 94 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wsfsbank.com
If you still have something from The Bryn Mawr Trust Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Bryn Mawr Trust Company as lienholder, start with Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB. 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 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB to search for the account under the name The Bryn Mawr Trust Company. 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 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB which branch now holds boxes from the The Bryn Mawr Trust Company 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
50 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 17 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 801 W Lancaster AveBryn Mawr, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 330 E Lancaster AveWayne, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 655 W Dekalb PikeKing Of Prussia, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 3601 West Chester PikeNewtown Square, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 39 W Lancaster AvePaoli, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 50 W Lancaster AveArdmore, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 237 N Pottstown PikeExton, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 732 Montgomery AveNarberth, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 528 Fayette StConshohocken, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 5000 Pennell RdAston, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 3218 Edgmont AveBrookhaven, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 124 Main StPhoenixville, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 105 W 4th StBridgeport, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 135 E City AveBala Cynwyd, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 180 W Girard AvePhiladelphia, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 10000 Shannondell DrAudubon, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 1 E Chocolate AveHershey, PA | OpenWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB |
| 1230 Walnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1650 Grant AvePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 6331 Castor AvePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1651 Blackwood Clementon RoadBlackwood, NJ | No longer reported |
| 2 Greenville Crossing, 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 100Greenville, DE | No longer reported |
| 106 E Street RoadKennett Square, PA | No longer reported |
| 1615 East Boot RoadWest Chester, PA | No longer reported |
| 849 Paoli PikeWest Chester, PA | No longer reported |
| 155 York RoadWillow Grove, PA | No longer reported |
| 599 Skippack PikeBlue Bell, PA | No longer reported |
| 601 North Ithan AvenueBryn Mawr, PA | No longer reported |
| 436 Egypt RoadEast Norriton, PA | No longer reported |
| 1400 Waverly RoadGladwyne, PA | No longer reported |
| 33 W Ridge Pike, Ste 501Limerick, PA | No longer reported |
| 404 Cheswick PlaceBryn Mawr, PA | No longer reported |
| 23 East Fifth StreetChester, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 1 And Stoney Bank RoadChester Heights, PA | No longer reported |
| 3300 Darby RoadHaverford, PA | No longer reported |
| 18 W Eagle RoadHavertown, PA | No longer reported |
| 11 Martins RunMedia, PA | No longer reported |
| 22 West State StreetMedia, PA | No longer reported |
| 535 Gradyville RoadNewtown Square, PA | No longer reported |
| 330 Dartmouth AvenueSwarthmore, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into The Bryn Mawr Trust Company
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 6 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Royal Bank AmericaNarberth, PA | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Continental BankEast Norriton, PA | Jan 1, 2015 |
| First Keystone BankMedia, PA | Jul 1, 2010 |
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 11866 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.