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What happened to East Coast Savings Bank, SSB?
East Coast Savings Bank, SSB in Goldsboro, NC (earlier called East Coast Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into Southern National Bank of North Carolina of Lumberton, NC on Oct 7, 1993. After 1 more change of hands, what was East Coast Savings Bank, SSB is today part of Truist Bank (Charlotte, 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.
- 1919East Coast Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Goldsboro, NC
- Aug 31, 1988renamed East Coast Federal Savings Bank
- Jan 29, 1993renamed East Coast Savings Bank, SSB
- Oct 7, 1993MERGEDEast Coast Savings Bank, SSB merged into Southern National Bank of North Carolina of Lumberton, NC.FDIC certificate 28438 ends; its business continues under certificate 4899.
- May 27, 1995MERGEDSouthern National Bank of North Carolina of Lumberton, NC merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 4899 ends; its business continues under certificate 9846.
- TodayOPEN
Truist BankMain office Charlotte, NC · FDIC certificate 9846 · 1,928 offices in 18 states on June 30, 2026Every Truist Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.Truist.com
If you still have something from East Coast Savings Bank, SSB
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows East Coast Savings Bank, SSB as lienholder, start with Truist 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 Truist Bank to search for the account under the name East Coast Savings Bank, SSB. 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 Truist Bank which branch now holds boxes from the East Coast Savings Bank, SSB 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.
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 ▾
Banks folded into East Coast Savings Bank, SSB
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Cross Creek Federal Savings and Loan AssociationFayetteville, NC | Mar 31, 1983 |
| First Federal Savings and Loan AssociationGoldsboro, NC | Mar 31, 1983 |
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 28438 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.