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What happened to NOVA Bank?
NOVA Bank in Berwyn, PA (earlier called Peoples Thrift Savings Bank and 3 other names) failed and was closed on Oct 26, 2012. No bank took it over; insured depositors were paid directly.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1887Peoples Thrift Savings Bank opens in Berwyn, PA
- Apr 7, 1998renamed BankPhiladelphia, a Savings Bank
- Jul 2, 1999renamed VBank, A Savings Bank
- Nov 1, 2002renamed NOVA Savings Bank
- Apr 29, 2008renamed NOVA Bank
- Oct 26, 2012FAILEDNOVA Bank failed and was closed. No bank took it over; insured depositors were paid directly.FDIC certificate 27148 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from NOVA Bank
A lien that was never released
NOVA Bank failed on Oct 26, 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.
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
The FDIC record shows no bank taking over NOVA Bank's deposits. In a payoff, insured depositors are paid directly, up to the insurance limit.
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
In a payoff the FDIC writes to box holders with instructions for removing the contents. For a box never emptied, ask through the FDIC Information and Support Center and check 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.
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
16 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. None is still reporting as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1420 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1695 Grant AvePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 200 S Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 920 South StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1132 Cooper StreetDeptford, NJ | No longer reported |
| 30 Elm AvenueWoodbury Heights, NJ | No longer reported |
| 1235 Westlakes Drive, Suite 420Berwyn, PA | No longer reported |
| 1235 Westlakes Drive, Suite 420Berwyn, PA | No longer reported |
| 200 Uwchlan AvenueExton, PA | No longer reported |
| 930 East Germantown PikePlymouth Meeting, PA | No longer reported |
| 18 E Wynnewood RoadWynnewood, PA | No longer reported |
| 1235 West Chester PikeHavertown, PA | No longer reported |
| 448 East Baltimore PikeMedia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1819 John F. Kennedy BoulevardPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1605 N. Cedar Crest BlvdAllentown, PA | No longer reported |
| 1235 Westlakes Drive, Suite 420Berwyn, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into NOVA Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Business BankPhiladelphia, PA | May 26, 2009 |
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 27148 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.