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What happened to Midwest Bank and Trust Company?
Midwest Bank and Trust Company in Elmwood Park, IL failed, and Firstmerit Bank, National Association of Akron, OH took it over on May 14, 2010. After 1 more change of hands, what was Midwest Bank and Trust Company is today part of The Huntington National Bank (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.
- 1959Midwest Bank and Trust Company opens in Elmwood Park, IL
- May 14, 2010FAILEDMidwest Bank and Trust Company failed, and Firstmerit Bank, National Association of Akron, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 18117 ends; its business continues under certificate 13675.
- Aug 16, 2016MERGEDFirstmerit Bank, National Association of Akron, OH merged into The Huntington National Bank of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 13675 ends; its business continues under certificate 6560.
- TodayOPEN
The Huntington National BankMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 6560 · 1,452 offices in 21 states on June 30, 2026Every The Huntington National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.huntington.com
If you still have something from Midwest Bank and Trust Company
A lien that was never released
Midwest Bank and Trust Company failed on May 14, 2010. 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 The Huntington National Bank, 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, Firstmerit Bank, National Association). Start with The Huntington National Bank, and ask them to search under the name Midwest Bank and Trust Company.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 The Huntington National Bank. 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. 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
30 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 12 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 7228 W North AveElmwood Park, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 50 N Main StMount Prospect, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 8301 W Lawrence AveNorridge, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 2045 E Algonquin RdAlgonquin, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 236 W Lake StBloomingdale, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 444 N Rand RdNorth Barrington, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 500 W Chestnut StHinsdale, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 7227 W Addison StChicago, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 5555 Bull Valley RdMchenry, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 1441 Waukegan RdGlenview, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 401 Deerfield PkwyBuffalo Grove, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 4012 N Pulaski RdChicago, IL | OpenThe Huntington National Bank |
| 1000 Tower Lane, Suite 125Bensenville, IL | No longer reported |
| 927 Curtiss StreetDowners Grove, IL | No longer reported |
| 1730 Park St Suite 106Naperville, IL | No longer reported |
| 1001 Johnson Dr.Buffalo Grove, IL | No longer reported |
| 2130 W North AveChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 501 West North AvenueMelrose Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 505 North Roselle RoadRoselle, IL | No longer reported |
| 1604 Colonial ParkwayInverness, IL | No longer reported |
| 500 W. Monroe St.Chicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 1545 Ellinwood AveDes Plaines, IL | No longer reported |
| 9668 Franklin AvenueFranklin Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 300 South Michigan AvenueChicago, IL | No longer reported |
| 645 Tollgate Road, Suite 100Elgin, IL | No longer reported |
| 17622 Depot StreetUnion, IL | No longer reported |
| 245 South Addison RoadAddison, IL | No longer reported |
| 204 East State RoadIsland Lake, IL | No longer reported |
| 585 Ela RoadLake Zurich, IL | No longer reported |
| 27444 West Route 120Lakemoor, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Midwest Bank and Trust Company
6 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 7 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Mount Prospect National BankMount Prospect, IL | Oct 1, 2007 |
| Royal American BankInverness, IL | Jul 3, 2006 |
| Fairfield Savings Bank, F.S.B.Long Grove, IL | Jan 3, 2003 |
| Midwest Bank of Mc Henry CountyUnion, IL | Aug 19, 2002 |
| midwest Bank of HinsdaleHinsdale, IL | Aug 19, 2002 |
| Midwest Bank & Trust Company of ChicagoChicago, IL | Mar 25, 1991 |
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 18117 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.