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What happened to Vantus Bank?
Vantus Bank in Sioux City, IA (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Sioux City and 2 other names) failed, and Great Southern Bank of Reeds Spring, MO took it over on Sep 4, 2009. Great Southern Bank 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.
- 1923First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Sioux City opens in Sioux City, IA
- Jul 13, 1992renamed First Federal Savings Bank of Siouxland
- Apr 14, 1999renamed First Federal Bank
- Sep 4, 2007renamed Vantus Bank
- Sep 4, 2009FAILEDVantus Bank failed, and Great Southern Bank of Reeds Spring, MO took it over.FDIC certificate 27732 ends; its business continues under certificate 29546.
- TodayOPEN
Great Southern BankMain office Reeds Spring, MO · FDIC certificate 29546 · 105 offices in 7 states on June 30, 2026Every Great Southern Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.greatsouthernbank.com
If you still have something from Vantus Bank
A lien that was never released
Vantus Bank failed on Sep 4, 2009. 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 Great Southern Bank, 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, Great Southern Bank). Start with Great Southern Bank, and ask them to search under the name Vantus 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 Great Southern Bank. 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
29 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 3 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 329 Pierce StSioux City, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 4211 Morningside AveSioux City, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 921 Iowa AveOnawa, IA | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 2738 Cornhusker DrSouth Sioux City, NE | No longer reported |
| 2727 Hamilton BlvdSioux City, IA | No longer reported |
| 3839 Indian Hills DriveSioux City, IA | No longer reported |
| 4211 Morningside AveSioux City, IA | No longer reported |
| 4701 Singing Hills BlvdSioux City, IA | No longer reported |
| 2805 S Ankeny BlvdAnkeny, IA | No longer reported |
| 5260 NW 86th StJohnston, IA | No longer reported |
| 3900 Westown PkyWest Des Moines, IA | No longer reported |
| 6260 Mills Civic ParkwayWest Des Moines, IA | No longer reported |
| 108 E WashingtonMonroe, IA | No longer reported |
| 1907 1st Ave ENewton, IA | No longer reported |
| 301 Plymouth Street, N.W.Le Mars, IA | No longer reported |
| 301 Plymouth St NWLemars, IA | No longer reported |
| 921 Iowa AveOnawa, IA | No longer reported |
| 1025 Main StGrinnell, IA | No longer reported |
| 123 W 2nd St NNewton, IA | No longer reported |
| 104 1st St SeOrange City, IA | No longer reported |
| 1201 Second AveSheldon, IA | No longer reported |
| 104 1st St SeOrange City, IA | No longer reported |
| 1201 Second AveSheldon, IA | No longer reported |
| 2 Bow DriveCherokee, IA | No longer reported |
| 15 E Howard StColfax, IA | No longer reported |
| 100 E State StBaxter, IA | No longer reported |
| 826 Central AveHawarden, IA | No longer reported |
| 148 South Central AveHartley, IA | No longer reported |
| 209 Main StSanborn, IA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Vantus Bank
4 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Mid-Iowa Savings Bank, FSBNewton, IA | Apr 14, 1999 |
| Grinnell Federal Savings BankGrinnell, IA | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Sioux CitySioux City, IA | Jan 1, 1986 |
| Sheldon Federal Savings and Loan AssociationSheldon, IA | Apr 30, 1976 |
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 27732 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.