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What happened to The Columbian Bank and Trust Company?
The Columbian Bank and Trust Company in Topeka, KS (earlier called The Columbian Trust Company and 1 other name) failed, and Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Kansas City, MO took it over on Aug 22, 2008. After 1 more change of hands, what was The Columbian Bank and Trust Company is today part of Southern Bank (Poplar Bluff, MO).
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.
- 1978The Columbian Trust Company opens in Topeka, KS
- Jun 1, 1983renamed The Columbian National Bank and Trust Company
- Dec 1, 1996renamed The Columbian Bank and Trust Company
- Aug 22, 2008FAILEDThe Columbian Bank and Trust Company failed, and Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Kansas City, MO took it over.FDIC certificate 22728 ends; its business continues under certificate 4533.
- Feb 25, 2023MERGEDCitizens Bank and Trust Company of Kansas City, MO merged into Southern Bank of Poplar Bluff, MO.FDIC certificate 4533 ends; its business continues under certificate 28332.
- TodayOPEN
Southern BankMain office Poplar Bluff, MO · FDIC certificate 28332 · 66 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every Southern Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bankwithsouthern.com
If you still have something from The Columbian Bank and Trust Company
A lien that was never released
The Columbian Bank and Trust Company failed on Aug 22, 2008. 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 Southern 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, Citizens Bank and Trust Company). Start with Southern Bank, and ask them to search under the name The Columbian 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 Southern 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
9 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 3 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 701 S Kansas AveTopeka, KS | OpenEquity Bank |
| 3825 Sw 29th StTopeka, KS | OpenEquity Bank |
| 4701 College Blvd, Ste 100Leawood, KS | OpenSouthern Bank |
| 529 Se 2nd StreetLees Summit, MO | No longer reported |
| 507 Sw 8th AveTopeka, KS | No longer reported |
| 2655 Southwest Wanamaker RoadTopeka, KS | No longer reported |
| 2900 CaliforniaTopeka, KS | No longer reported |
| 11350 West 135th StreetOverland Park, KS | No longer reported |
| 4701 West 110th StreetOverland Park, KS | No longer reported |
Banks folded into The Columbian Bank and Trust Company
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 3 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Keystone BankSaint Louis, MO | May 22, 2006 |
| Topeka Bank and Trust CompanyTopeka, KS | Jan 1, 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 22728 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.