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What happened to Merchants Bank?
Merchants Bank in Houston, TX (earlier called Merchants Park Bank and 1 other name) merged into Union Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN on Feb 1, 1999. After 1 more change of hands, what was Merchants Bank is today part of Regions Bank (Birmingham, AL).
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.
- 1970Merchants Park Bank opens in Houston, TX
- Dec 31, 1987renamed Merchants Bank - Houston
- Apr 1, 1990renamed Merchants Bank
- Feb 1, 1999MERGEDMerchants Bank merged into Union Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN.FDIC certificate 20263 ends; its business continues under certificate 4979.
- Jun 30, 2005MERGEDUnion Planters Bank, National Association of Memphis, TN merged into Regions Bank of Birmingham, AL.FDIC certificate 4979 ends; its business continues under certificate 12368.
- TodayOPEN
Regions BankMain office Birmingham, AL · FDIC certificate 12368 · 1,245 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every Regions Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.regions.com
If you still have something from Merchants Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Merchants Bank as lienholder, start with Regions 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 Regions Bank to search for the account under the name Merchants 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 Regions Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Merchants 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
16 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 301 W 11th StHouston, TX | OpenRegions Bank |
| 3102 Broadway StPearland, TX | OpenRegions Bank |
| 1110 25th St NTexas City, TX | OpenRegions Bank |
| 3491 E Sam Houston Pkwy SPasadena, TX | OpenRegions Bank |
| 7044 Fm 1960 Rd EHumble, TX | OpenRegions Bank |
| 7075 North FwyHouston, TX | OpenRegions Bank |
| 2624 Mchard RoadPearland, TX | No longer reported |
| 6408 Gulf Freeway Suite GLa Marque, TX | No longer reported |
| 2051 West Main StreetLeague City, TX | No longer reported |
| 2801 Main StreetDickinson, TX | No longer reported |
| 9702 Emmett F. Lowery ExpresTexas City, TX | No longer reported |
| 701 Sixth Street NorthTexas City, TX | No longer reported |
| 5005 WoodwayHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| Durham DriveHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| North Shepherd DriveHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| 3409 Spencer HighwayPasadena, TX | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Merchants Bank
7 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 9 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Texas City BankTexas City, TX | Jan 1, 1996 |
| First Bank MainlandLa Marque, TX | Jan 1, 1996 |
| First Bank PearlandPearland, TX | Jan 1, 1996 |
| Southern State BankSouth Houston, TX | Apr 1, 1990 |
| League City National BankLeague City, TX | Apr 1, 1990 |
| Alvin Community Bank, National AssociationAlvin, TX | Apr 1, 1990 |
| Atascocita State BankHarris County, TX | Apr 1, 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 20263 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.