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What happened to The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama?
The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama in Pell City, AL (earlier called The Peoples Bank) merged into Colonial Bank of Anniston of Pell City, AL on Dec 15, 1986. After 2 more changes of hands, what was The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama is today part of Truist Bank (Charlotte, NC).
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.
- 1960The Peoples Bank opens in Pell City, AL
- Dec 16, 1985renamed The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama
- Dec 15, 1986MERGEDThe Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama merged into Colonial Bank of Anniston of Pell City, AL.FDIC certificate 18273 ends; its business continues under certificate 21264.
- Jan 1, 1988MERGEDColonial Bank of Anniston (by then renamed The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama) of Pell City, AL merged into The Colonial Bank - Northern Region of Montgomery, AL.FDIC certificate 21264 ends; its business continues under certificate 9609.
- Aug 14, 2009FAILEDThe Colonial Bank - Northern Region (by then renamed Colonial Bank) of Montgomery, AL failed, and Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC took it over.FDIC certificate 9609 ends; its business continues under certificate 9846.
- TodayOPEN
Truist BankMain office Charlotte, NC · FDIC certificate 9846 · 1,928 offices in 18 states on June 30, 2026Every Truist Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.Truist.com
If you still have something from The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama
A lien that was never released
Colonial Bank failed on Aug 14, 2009. 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 Truist 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, Branch Banking and Trust Company). Start with Truist Bank, and ask them to search under the name The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama.
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 Truist 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.
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 ▾
Banks folded into The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Bank of HeflinHeflin, AL | May 6, 1986 |
| The Bank of OxfordOxford, AL | Dec 17, 1985 |
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 18273 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.