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What happened to Boston Federal Savings Bank?
Boston Federal Savings Bank in Burlington, MA merged into BankNorth, National Association of Wilmington, DE on Jan 21, 2005. That bank is now called TD Bank, National Association (Wilmington, DE).
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.
- 1888Boston Federal Savings Bank opens in Burlington, MA
- Jan 21, 2005MERGEDBoston Federal Savings Bank merged into BankNorth, National Association of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 28511 ends; its business continues under certificate 18409.
- TodayOPEN
TD Bank, National AssociationMain office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 18409 · 1,050 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every TD Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.td.com/us/en/personal-banking/
If you still have something from Boston Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Boston Federal Savings Bank as lienholder, start with TD Bank, National Association. 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 TD Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Boston Federal Savings Bank. 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 TD Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Boston Federal Savings Bank 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
19 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 31 Cross StPeabody, MA | OpenTD Bank, National Association |
| 31 Cross StPeabody, MA | No longer reported |
| 1013 Great Plain AveNeedham, MA | No longer reported |
| 999 Worcester StWellesley, MA | No longer reported |
| 75 Federal StBoston, MA | No longer reported |
| 457 BroadwayChelsea, MA | No longer reported |
| 411 BroadwayRevere, MA | No longer reported |
| 980 Mass. AveArlington, MA | No longer reported |
| 60 The Great RdBedford, MA | No longer reported |
| 21 Leonard StBelmont, MA | No longer reported |
| 449 Old Boston RdBillerica, MA | No longer reported |
| 17 New England Executive ParBurlington, MA | No longer reported |
| 1840 Mass. AveLexington, MA | No longer reported |
| 1197 Centre StNewton Centre, MA | No longer reported |
| 420 Boston Post RdSudbury, MA | No longer reported |
| 186 Cambridge Road, Suite 4Woburn, MA | No longer reported |
| 280 Montvale AveWoburn, MA | No longer reported |
| 200 Linden StWellesley, MA | No longer reported |
| 17 New England Executive ParkBurlington, MA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Boston Federal Savings Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Broadway National Bank of ChelseaChelsea, MA | Dec 31, 2003 |
| Leader Federal Savings and Loan AssociationLexington, MA | Oct 31, 1986 |
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 28511 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.