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What happened to Silicon Valley Bank?
Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, CA failed, and Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara of Santa Clara, CA took it over on Mar 10, 2023. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Silicon Valley Bank is today part of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (Raleigh, NC).
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.
- 1983Silicon Valley Bank opens in Santa Clara, CA
- Mar 10, 2023FAILEDSilicon Valley Bank failed, and Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara of Santa Clara, CA took it over.FDIC certificate 24735 ends; its business continues under certificate 59331.
- Mar 13, 2023MERGEDDeposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara of Santa Clara, CA merged into Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, National Association of Santa Clara, CA.FDIC certificate 59331 ends; its business continues under certificate 59334.
- Mar 26, 2023RESOLVEDSilicon Valley Bridge Bank, National Association of Santa Clara, CA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Raleigh, NC.FDIC certificate 59334 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 Silicon Valley Bank
A lien that was never released
Silicon Valley Bank failed on Mar 10, 2023. 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, Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara). Start with First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and ask them to search under the name Silicon Valley 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
23 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 9 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 420 Cowper StPalo Alto, CA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 160 Bovet Rd, Suite 100San Mateo, CA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 336 Washington StWellesley, MA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 450 Boylston StBoston, MA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 255 Battery StSan Francisco, CA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 60 S Market StSan Jose, CA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 265 Main StCambridge, MA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 57 Enon StBeverly, MA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 2770 Sand Hill RdMenlo Park, CA | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 225 N Beverly DrBeverly Hills, CA | No longer reported |
| 801 S Figueroa St, Ste 100Los Angeles, CA | No longer reported |
| 345 E Colorado BlvdPasadena, CA | No longer reported |
| 520 BroadwaySanta Monica, CA | No longer reported |
| 899 Adams St, Ste G-2St. Helena, CA | No longer reported |
| 10 Post Office SqBoston, MA | No longer reported |
| 2400 Hanover StPalo Alto, CA | No longer reported |
| 3003 Tasman DrSanta Clara, CA | No longer reported |
| 3000 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150, Building 3Menlo Park, CA | No longer reported |
| 39141 Civic Center Drive, StFremont, CA | No longer reported |
| 9645 Scranton Drive, Suite 110San Diego, CA | No longer reported |
| 38 Technology Drive, Suite 150Irvine, CA | No longer reported |
| 2262 North First StreetSan Jose, CA | No longer reported |
| 10 Almaden BoulevardSan Jose, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Silicon Valley Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 6 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Boston Private Bank & Trust CompanyBoston, MA | Jul 1, 2021 |
| National InterCity BankSanta Clara, CA | Dec 2, 1986 |
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 24735 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.