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What happened to New World National Bank?
New World National Bank in Pittsburgh, PA failed, and Lincoln National Bank of Pittsburgh, PA took it over on Oct 22, 1987. After 4 more changes of hands, what was New World National Bank is today part of PNC Bank, National Association (Wilmington, DE).
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.
- 1975New World National Bank opens in Pittsburgh, PA
- Oct 22, 1987FAILEDNew World National Bank failed, and Lincoln National Bank of Pittsburgh, PA took it over.FDIC certificate 21951 ends; its business continues under certificate 27079.
- Feb 7, 1991MERGEDLincoln National Bank (by then renamed Heritage National Bank) of Pittsburgh, PA merged into Equibank of Pittsburgh, PA.FDIC certificate 27079 ends; its business continues under certificate 7912.
- Apr 23, 1993MERGEDEquibank of Pittsburgh, PA merged into Integra Bank/Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh, PA.FDIC certificate 7912 ends; its business continues under certificate 7948.
- Jul 22, 2006MERGEDIntegra Bank/Pittsburgh (by then renamed National City Bank of Pennsylvania) of Pittsburgh, PA merged into National City Bank of Cleveland, OH.FDIC certificate 7948 ends; its business continues under certificate 6557.
- Nov 6, 2009MERGEDNational City Bank of Cleveland, OH merged into PNC Bank, National Association of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 6557 ends; its business continues under certificate 6384.
- TodayOPEN
PNC Bank, National AssociationMain office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 6384 · 2,401 offices in 28 states on June 30, 2026Every PNC Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.pnc.com
If you still have something from New World National Bank
A lien that was never released
New World National Bank failed on Oct 22, 1987. 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 PNC Bank, National Association, 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, Lincoln National Bank). Start with PNC Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name New World National Bank.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
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 PNC Bank, National Association. 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 ▾
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 21951 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.