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What happened to First Commercial Bank, National Association?
First Commercial Bank, National Association in Little Rock, AR (earlier called The First National Bank in Little Rock) merged into Regions Bank of Birmingham, AL on Nov 5, 1998. Regions 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.
- 1934The First National Bank in Little Rock opens in Little Rock, AR
- Jul 31, 1983renamed First Commercial Bank, National Association
- Nov 5, 1998MERGEDFirst Commercial Bank, National Association merged into Regions Bank of Birmingham, AL.FDIC certificate 13739 ends; its business continues under certificate 12368.
- TodayOPEN
Regions BankMain office Birmingham, AL · FDIC certificate 12368 · 1,245 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every Regions Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.regions.com
If you still have something from First Commercial Bank, National Association
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Commercial Bank, National Association as lienholder, start with Regions 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 Regions Bank to search for the account under the name First Commercial Bank, National Association. 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 Regions Bank which branch now holds boxes from the First Commercial Bank, National Association 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
33 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 14 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 800 S Shackleford RdLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 6001 R StLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 4545 Fairway AveNorth Little Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 4224 W Markham StLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 101 Country Club PkwyMaumelle, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 6101 Baseline RdLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 106 S 2nd StCabot, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 2200 N Rodney Parham RdLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 14920 Cantrell RdLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 10120 N Rodney Parham RdLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 824 E 9th StLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 3616 E Kiehl AveSherwood, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 121 S Oak StSheridan, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 5820 Asher AveLittle Rock, AR | OpenRegions Bank |
| 100 S. Allis StreetEngland, AR | No longer reported |
| 106 South Second StreetCabot, AR | No longer reported |
| 4900 John F. Kennedy BoulevardNorth Little Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 8023 Cantrell RoadLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 500 South University Avenue, Suite A-11Little Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 3600 Cantrell RoadLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 1217 West Capitol AvenueLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 8411 I-30 Geyer Springs RoadLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 8818 Kanis RoadLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 6929 JFK BoulevardNorth Little Roc, AR | No longer reported |
| 2622 Arch Street PikeHensley, AR | No longer reported |
| 315 North Shackelford RoadLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| Chester Street and Wright AvenueLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 12100 West MarkhamLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 400 West Capitol StreetLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 4400 Camp RobinsonLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 6420 Asher AvenueLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 8500 Geyer Springs RoadLittle Rock, AR | No longer reported |
| 6929 John F. Kennedy BoulevardNorth Little Rock, AR | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Commercial Bank, National Association
5 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 28 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Citizens First BankLittle Rock, AR | Nov 30, 1995 |
| First Exchange Bank of Little Rock, National AssociationLittle Rock, AR | Sep 24, 1992 |
| First Commercial Bank of Lonoke CountyEngland, AR | Jun 26, 1992 |
| First Savings of Arkansas, F.A.Little Rock, AR | Jul 26, 1991 |
| Commercial National Bank of Little RockLittle Rock, AR | Jul 31, 1983 |
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 13739 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.