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What happened to Public Savings and Loan Association of Chicago?
Public Savings and Loan Association of Chicago in Chicago, IL merged into Clyde Federal Savings and Loan Association of North Riverside, IL on Sep 30, 1981. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Public Savings and Loan Association of Chicago is today part of Fifth Third Bank, National Association (Cincinnati, OH).
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.
- 1910Public Savings and Loan Association of Chicago opens in Chicago, IL
- Sep 30, 1981MERGEDPublic Savings and Loan Association of Chicago merged into Clyde Federal Savings and Loan Association of North Riverside, IL.FDIC certificate 27721 ends; its business continues under certificate 29470.
- Feb 2, 1990FAILEDClyde Federal Savings and Loan Association of North Riverside, IL failed, and Clyde Federal Savings Association of North Riverside, IL took it over.FDIC certificate 29470 ends; its business continues under certificate 32925.
- May 31, 1991RESOLVEDClyde Federal Savings Association of North Riverside, IL was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The Mid-City National Bank of Chicago of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 32925 ends; its business continues under certificate 3628.
- May 4, 2019MERGEDThe Mid-City National Bank of Chicago (by then renamed MB Financial Bank, National Association) of Chicago, IL merged into Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, OH.FDIC certificate 3628 ends; its business continues under certificate 6672.
- TodayOPEN
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6672 · 1,513 offices in 15 states on June 30, 2026Every Fifth Third Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.53.com
If you still have something from Public Savings and Loan Association of Chicago
A lien that was never released
Clyde Federal Savings and Loan Association failed on Feb 2, 1990, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask Fifth Third Bank, National Association as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Clyde Federal Savings Association). Start with Fifth Third Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Public Savings and Loan Association of Chicago.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
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 Fifth Third Bank, 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.
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 ▾
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 27721 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.