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What happened to Security Bank, National Association?
Security Bank, National Association in North Lauderdale, FL (earlier called Alexander Hamilton National Bank) failed, and Banesco USA of Miami, FL took it over on May 4, 2012. Banesco USA 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.
- 1980Alexander Hamilton National Bank opens in North Lauderdale, FL
- Nov 15, 1986renamed Security Bank, National Association
- May 4, 2012FAILEDSecurity Bank, National Association failed, and Banesco USA of Miami, FL took it over.FDIC certificate 23156 ends; its business continues under certificate 57815.
- TodayOPEN
Banesco USAMain office Miami, FL · FDIC certificate 57815 · 6 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Banesco USA office → Website on file with the FDIC: Banescousa.com
If you still have something from Security Bank, National Association
A lien that was never released
Security Bank, National Association failed on May 4, 2012. 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 Banesco USA, 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, Banesco USA). Start with Banesco USA, and ask them to search under the name Security Bank, National Association.
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 Banesco USA. 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
10 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 185 E. Indiantown Road, Unit 101, 102 and 103Jupiter, FL | OpenValley National Bank |
| 1450 South State Road 7North Lauderdale, FL | No longer reported |
| 2121 Sw 3rd AveMiami, FL | No longer reported |
| 10804 Northwest 58th StreetMiami, FL | No longer reported |
| 2328 10th Avenue NorthLake Worth, FL | No longer reported |
| 6497 Stirling RoadDavie, FL | No longer reported |
| 1515 S.E. 17th StreetFort Lauderdale, FL | No longer reported |
| 1509 State Road 7Margate, FL | No longer reported |
| 7880 West Oakland Park BlvdSunrise, FL | No longer reported |
| 3619 South Federal HighwayBoynton Beach, FL | No longer reported |
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 23156 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.