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What happened to Venture Bank?
Venture Bank in Lacey, WA (earlier called Lacey Bank and 1 other name) failed, and First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Raleigh, NC took it over on Sep 11, 2009. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company 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.
- 1979Lacey Bank opens in Lacey, WA
- Dec 21, 1981renamed First Community Bank of Washington
- May 27, 2003renamed Venture Bank
- Sep 11, 2009FAILEDVenture Bank failed, and First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Raleigh, NC took it over.FDIC certificate 22868 ends; its business continues under certificate 11063.
- TodayOPEN
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyMain office Raleigh, NC · FDIC certificate 11063 · 518 offices in 23 states on June 30, 2026Every First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstcitizens.com
If you still have something from Venture Bank
A lien that was never released
Venture Bank failed on Sep 11, 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 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, 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, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company). Start with First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and ask them to search under the name Venture Bank.
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 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. 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
33 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 659 Woodland Square Loop SeLacey, WA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 313 Waldrip StreetElma, WA | OpenTimberland Bank |
| 117 N Broadway StAberdeen, WA | OpenTimberland Bank |
| 5101 Point Fosdick DrGig Harbor, WA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 101 N 2nd StToledo, WA | OpenTimberland Bank |
| 209 Ne 1st StWinlock, WA | OpenTimberland Bank |
| 1230 South Gold StreetCentralia, WA | No longer reported |
| 608 Yelm Avenue EastYelm, WA | No longer reported |
| 5210 Capitol BoulevardTumwater, WA | No longer reported |
| 223 Southeast 5th AvenueOlympia, WA | No longer reported |
| 8308 Quinault DriveLacey, WA | No longer reported |
| 400 Cooper Road SouthwestOlympia, WA | No longer reported |
| 1902 64th Avenue WestTacoma, WA | No longer reported |
| 121 Washington Avenue NorthEatonville, WA | No longer reported |
| 7101 Stinson AveGig Harbor, WA | No longer reported |
| 801 Pacific AvenueTacoma, WA | No longer reported |
| 1495 Wilmington DrDupont, WA | No longer reported |
| 1495 Wilmington DrDupont, WA | No longer reported |
| 1495 Wilmington DriveDupont, WA | No longer reported |
| 9540 Bridgeport Way SwLakewood, WA | No longer reported |
| 4627 South MeridianPuyallup, WA | No longer reported |
| 15801 N.E. 85th StreetRedmond, WA | No longer reported |
| 10914 Southeast Kent-Kangley RoadKent, WA | No longer reported |
| 14111 Ne Woodinville-Duvall RoadWoodinville, WA | No longer reported |
| 16301 Northeast 74th StreetRedmond, WA | No longer reported |
| 305 8th StreetHoquiam, WA | No longer reported |
| 201 Main Street SouthMontesano, WA | No longer reported |
| 1751 Circle Ln SeLacey, WA | No longer reported |
| 12815 Canyon Road E. Suite HPuyallup, WA | No longer reported |
| 2124 Pacific AvenueOlympia, WA | No longer reported |
| 920 Trosper Road SouthwestTumwater, WA | No longer reported |
| 3906-A South 74th StreetTacoma, WA | No longer reported |
| 101 Yelm Avenue WestYelm, WA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Venture Bank
5 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Redmond National BankRedmond, WA | Sep 3, 2005 |
| Harbor Bank, National AssociationGig Harbor, WA | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Prairie Security BankYelm, WA | Feb 6, 1997 |
| Citizens First BankElma, WA | Dec 9, 1995 |
| Northwest Community BankTacoma, WA | Nov 30, 1995 |
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 22868 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.