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What happened to Charter National Bank and Trust?
Charter National Bank and Trust in Hoffman Estates, IL (earlier called First National Bank of Hoffman Estates and 1 other name) failed, and Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association of Barrington, IL took it over on Feb 10, 2012. Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association 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.
- 1980First National Bank of Hoffman Estates opens in Hoffman Estates, IL
- Sep 4, 1993renamed Charter Bank and Trust, National Association
- Jun 30, 1996renamed Charter National Bank and Trust
- Feb 10, 2012FAILEDCharter National Bank and Trust failed, and Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association of Barrington, IL took it over.FDIC certificate 23187 ends; its business continues under certificate 34395.
- TodayOPEN
Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National AssociationMain office Barrington, IL · FDIC certificate 34395 · 9 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.barringtonbank.com
If you still have something from Charter National Bank and Trust
A lien that was never released
Charter National Bank and Trust failed on Feb 10, 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 Barrington Bank & Trust Company, 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, Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association). Start with Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Charter National Bank and Trust.
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 Barrington Bank & Trust Company, 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. 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
5 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 6800 Barrington RdHanover Park, IL | OpenBarrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association |
| 2200 W Higgins RdHoffman Estates, IL | OpenBarrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association |
| 2069 North Barrinton RdHoffman Estates, IL | No longer reported |
| Old Schaumburg and Barrington RoadsSchaumburg, IL | No longer reported |
| 2200 West Higgins RoadHoffman Estates, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Charter National Bank and Trust
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Charter Bank and Trust of IllinoisHanover Park, IL | Sep 4, 1993 |
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 23187 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.