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What happened to Southwest Bank?
Southwest Bank in Fort Worth, TX (earlier called T Bank) merged into Simmons Bank of Pine Bluff, AR on Feb 20, 2018. Simmons 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.
- 1963T Bank opens in Fort Worth, TX
- Oct 21, 1971renamed Southwest Bank
- Feb 20, 2018MERGEDSouthwest Bank merged into Simmons Bank of Pine Bluff, AR.FDIC certificate 18812 ends; its business continues under certificate 3890.
- TodayOPEN
Simmons BankMain office Pine Bluff, AR · FDIC certificate 3890 · 229 offices in 6 states on June 30, 2026Every Simmons Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.simmonsbank.com
If you still have something from Southwest Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Southwest Bank as lienholder, start with Simmons 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 Simmons Bank to search for the account under the name Southwest 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 Simmons Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Southwest 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
21 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 11 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2200 W 7th St, Ste 112Fort Worth, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 3737 Sw Loop 820Fort Worth, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 740 S Saginaw BlvdSaginaw, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 2601 S Hulen StFort Worth, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 551 Sw Wilshire BlvdBurleson, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 4809 Camp Bowie BlvdFort Worth, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 1701 Highway 287 NMansfield, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 3641 Matlock RdArlington, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 1603 Lyndon B Johnson FwyFarmers Branch, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 2050 Hall Johnson RdGrapevine, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 4100 International Plz, Ste 900Fort Worth, TX | OpenSimmons Bank |
| 2201 Midtown LnFort Worth, TX | No longer reported |
| 1630 E. Lamar Suite 140Arlington, TX | No longer reported |
| 1 Chapel PlazaCrowley, TX | No longer reported |
| 306 W 7th StreetFort Worth, TX | No longer reported |
| 4100 International Plaza Suite110Fort Worth, TX | No longer reported |
| 5151 Beltline Road, Suite 600Dallas, TX | No longer reported |
| 2200 Pool Road, Suite 108Grapevine, TX | No longer reported |
| 901 South Mopac ExpresswayAustin, TX | No longer reported |
| 3850 Silverton CircleFort Worth, TX | No longer reported |
| 930 N. Walnut Creek Dr.Mansfield, TX | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Southwest Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Community Bank of Texas, N. A.Grand Prairie, TX | Sep 1, 2007 |
| Park West State BankFarmers Branch, TX | Oct 1, 1991 |
| First Bank of SaginawSaginaw, TX | Apr 16, 1987 |
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 18812 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.