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What happened to American Security Bank of Ville Platte?
American Security Bank of Ville Platte in Ville Platte, LA merged into Hancock Bank of Louisiana of New Orleans, LA on Jul 22, 1999. After 1 more change of hands, what was American Security Bank of Ville Platte is today part of Hancock Whitney Bank (Gulfport, MS).
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.
- 1957American Security Bank of Ville Platte opens in Ville Platte, LA
- Jul 22, 1999MERGEDAmerican Security Bank of Ville Platte merged into Hancock Bank of Louisiana of New Orleans, LA.FDIC certificate 17784 ends; its business continues under certificate 33029.
- Mar 31, 2014MERGEDHancock Bank of Louisiana (by then renamed Whitney Bank) of New Orleans, LA merged into Hancock Bank of Gulfport, MS.FDIC certificate 33029 ends; its business continues under certificate 12441.
- TodayOPEN
Hancock Whitney BankMain office Gulfport, MS · FDIC certificate 12441 · 186 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Hancock Whitney Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.hancockwhitney.com
If you still have something from American Security Bank of Ville Platte
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows American Security Bank of Ville Platte as lienholder, start with Hancock Whitney 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 Hancock Whitney Bank to search for the account under the name American Security Bank of Ville Platte. 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 Hancock Whitney Bank which branch now holds boxes from the American Security Bank of Ville Platte 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
24 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 5672 I 49 N Service RdOpelousas, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 916 5th AveKinder, LA | OpenFirst Horizon Bank |
| 2250 W Laurel AveEunice, LA | OpenHancock Whitney Bank |
| 4716 Jackson StAlexandria, LA | OpenSabine State Bank and Trust Company |
| 306 Walnut StBunkie, LA | OpenSabine State Bank and Trust Company |
| 401 E 5th AveOakdale, LA | OpenSabine State Bank and Trust Company |
| 10608 Veterans Memorial HwyPine Prairie, LA | OpenInvestar Bank, National Association |
| 1125 7th StGlenmora, LA | OpenSabine State Bank and Trust Company |
| 516 Main StMamou, LA | OpenSabine State Bank and Trust Company |
| 2704 Holloway PrairiePineville, LA | OpenSabine State Bank and Trust Company |
| 2022 North Macarthur DriveAlexandria, LA | No longer reported |
| Louisiana Highways 112 and 1Hineston, LA | No longer reported |
| 500 Ulster StreetBoyce, LA | No longer reported |
| 100 Centre' CourtAlexandria, LA | No longer reported |
| 126 East Main StreetVille Platte, LA | No longer reported |
| 811 East LasalleVille Platte, LA | No longer reported |
| 200 North Second StreetEunice, LA | No longer reported |
| 3220 Highway 71 SouthLecompte, LA | No longer reported |
| 9399 Highway 165 SouthWoodworth, LA | No longer reported |
| State Highways 95 and 29Chataignier, LA | No longer reported |
| 715 Lincoln RoadVille Platte, LA | No longer reported |
| 1031 East Laurel StreetEunice, LA | No longer reported |
| 611 Highway 1Marksville, LA | No longer reported |
| 8838 Highway 165Oberlin, LA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into American Security Bank of Ville Platte
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First Acadiana BankEunice, LA | Dec 14, 1989 |
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 17784 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.