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What happened to Germantown Savings Bank?
Germantown Savings Bank in Bala Cynwyd, PA (earlier called Saving Fund Society of Germantown and Its Vicinity) merged into Corestates Bank, National Association of Philadelphia, PA on Dec 2, 1994. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Germantown Savings Bank is today part of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Sioux Falls, SD).
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.
- 1854Saving Fund Society of Germantown and Its Vicinity opens in Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Apr 30, 1987renamed Germantown Savings Bank
- Dec 2, 1994MERGEDGermantown Savings Bank merged into Corestates Bank, National Association of Philadelphia, PA.FDIC certificate 15758 ends; its business continues under certificate 719.
- May 15, 1998MERGEDCorestates Bank, National Association of Philadelphia, PA merged into First Union National Bank of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 719 ends; its business continues under certificate 33869.
- Mar 20, 2010MERGEDFirst Union National Bank (by then renamed Wachovia Bank, National Association) of Charlotte, NC merged into Wells Fargo Bank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 33869 ends; its business continues under certificate 3511.
- TodayOPEN
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 3511 · 4,157 offices in 40 states on June 30, 2026Every Wells Fargo Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wellsfargo.com
If you still have something from Germantown Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Germantown Savings Bank as lienholder, start with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Germantown Savings Bank. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Germantown Savings Bank 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
32 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 5 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2000 Market StPhiladelphia, PA | OpenSantander Bank, N.A. |
| 205 E Street RdFeasterville Trevose, PA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 50 E Wynnewood RdWynnewood, PA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 1000 Easton RdWyncote, PA | OpenSantander Bank, N.A. |
| 5458 Germantown AvePhiladelphia, PA | OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association |
| 5119 Frankford AvenuePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 5951 Rising Sun AvenuePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 8601 Germantown AvenuePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| Cathedral Road and Henry AvenuePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| One Olney SquarePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 2141 D Cottman AvenuePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| Roosevelt Boulevard At Haldeman AvenuePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 11th and Market StreetsPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1422 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 4 Penn Center PlazaPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| Tenth and Reed StreetsPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| One Oxford Valley BuildingLanghorne, PA | No longer reported |
| Bristol Road and U.S. Route 1Bensalem Township, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 202 and County Line RoadNew Britain Township, PA | No longer reported |
| Main Street and Nutt RoadPhoenixville, PA | No longer reported |
| 37 Easton RdWillow Grove, PA | No longer reported |
| 2090 County Line RoadHuntingdon Valley, PA | No longer reported |
| 1920 Butler PikeConshohocken, PA | No longer reported |
| 1200 Welsh RoadMontgomery Township, PA | No longer reported |
| Huntingdon Pike and Rockledge AvenueAbington Township, PA | No longer reported |
| One Belmont AvenueBala-Cynwyd, PA | No longer reported |
| 840 Lancaster AvenueBryn Mawr, PA | No longer reported |
| 3450 Pennell RoadAston, PA | No longer reported |
| Providence Road and Baltimore PikeMedia, PA | No longer reported |
| 153 Saxer AvenueSpringfield, PA | No longer reported |
| 120 South 69th StreetUpper Darby, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 202 and Valley Forge RoadWayne, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Germantown Savings Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 2 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Springfield Federal Savings AssociationSpringfield, PA | Mar 20, 1992 |
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 15758 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.