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What happened to Premier Community Bank of Florida?
Premier Community Bank of Florida in Largo, FL (earlier called Pinellas Community Bank) merged into Parish National Bank of Bogalusa, LA on Jun 24, 2004. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Premier Community Bank of Florida is today part of Hancock Whitney Bank (Gulfport, MS).
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.
- 1986Pinellas Community Bank opens in Largo, FL
- Jul 10, 1998renamed Premier Community Bank of Florida
- Jun 24, 2004MERGEDPremier Community Bank of Florida merged into Parish National Bank of Bogalusa, LA.FDIC certificate 26587 ends; its business continues under certificate 19783.
- Dec 6, 2008MERGEDParish National Bank of Bogalusa, LA merged into Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, LA.FDIC certificate 19783 ends; its business continues under certificate 18538.
- Jun 6, 2011MERGEDWhitney National Bank of New Orleans, LA merged into Whitney Bank of New Orleans, LA.FDIC certificate 18538 ends; its business continues under certificate 33029.
- Mar 31, 2014MERGEDWhitney Bank of New Orleans, LA merged into Hancock Bank of Gulfport, MS.FDIC certificate 33029 ends; its business continues under certificate 12441.
- TodayOPEN
Hancock Whitney BankMain office Gulfport, MS · FDIC certificate 12441 · 186 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Hancock Whitney Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.hancockwhitney.com
If you still have something from Premier Community Bank of Florida
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Premier Community Bank of Florida as lienholder, start with Hancock Whitney Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Hancock Whitney Bank to search for the account under the name Premier Community Bank of Florida. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Hancock Whitney Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Premier Community Bank of Florida office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be 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. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2475 Sunset Point RdClearwater, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 5511 Park St NSaint Petersburg, FL | OpenTruist Bank |
| 350 East Bay DriveLargo, FL | No longer reported |
| 2781 West Bay DriveBelleair Bluffs, FL | No longer reported |
| 7301 Dr Martin Luther King Jr St NSaint Petersburg, FL | No longer reported |
| 152 Beach Drive, N.E.Saint Petersburg, FL | No longer reported |
| 6850 Central AvenueSaint Petersburg, FL | No longer reported |
| 2075 Seminole BoulevardLargo, FL | No longer reported |
| 7200 Ridge RoadPort Richey, FL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Premier Community Bank of Florida
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Anchor Savings Bank, F.S.B.Saint Petersburg, FL | Jul 10, 1998 |
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 26587 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.