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What happened to 3rd Fed Bank?
3rd Fed Bank in Newtown, PA (earlier called Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia and 2 other names) merged into National Penn Bank of Allentown, PA on Oct 25, 2014. After 1 more change of hands, what was 3rd Fed Bank 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.
- 1921Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia opens in Newtown, PA
- Jul 13, 1994renamed Third Federal Savings Bank
- Nov 24, 2004renamed Third Federal Bank
- Jan 30, 2012renamed 3rd Fed Bank
- Oct 25, 2014MERGED3rd Fed Bank merged into National Penn Bank of Allentown, PA.FDIC certificate 29132 ends; its business continues under certificate 7414.
- Apr 1, 2016MERGEDNational Penn Bank of Allentown, PA merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 7414 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 3rd Fed Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows 3rd Fed Bank 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 3rd Fed 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 Truist Bank which branch now holds boxes from the 3rd Fed 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
28 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2330 E York StPhiladelphia, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 8 Jacobstown RdNew Egypt, NJ | OpenTruist Bank |
| 700 Delaware AveRoebling, NJ | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1201 Buck RdFeasterville Trevose, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 2075 Pennington RdEwing, NJ | OpenTruist Bank |
| 6633 Roosevelt BlvdPhiladelphia, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 12051 Knights RdPhiladelphia, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 950 Newtown Yardley RdNewtown, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 1850 Route 33Trenton, NJ | OpenTruist Bank |
| 4625 Frankford AvePhiladelphia, PA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 136 W Girard AvePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 2601 Orthodox StPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 3104 Bridgeboro RoadDelran, NJ | No longer reported |
| 34 Main StRoebling, NJ | No longer reported |
| 1934 Route 541Westampton, NJ | No longer reported |
| 842 North Easton RoadDoylestown, PA | No longer reported |
| 600 Town CenterDoylestown, PA | No longer reported |
| 3 Penns TrailNewtown, PA | No longer reported |
| 60 N Main StreetDoylestown, PA | No longer reported |
| 905 North Second StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| Knights & Woodhaven RdsPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| Sec Memphis & York StsPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 834 N. Easton HwyDoylestown, PA | No longer reported |
| 1204 Buck RdFeasterville, PA | No longer reported |
| 303 W. Butler AveNew Britain, PA | No longer reported |
| 590 Lawrence Square BlvdLawrenceville, NJ | No longer reported |
| 601 Louis DrWarminster, PA | No longer reported |
| 301 N Harrison StreetPrinceton, NJ | No longer reported |
Banks folded into 3rd Fed Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Roebling BankRoebling, NJ | Jul 3, 2013 |
| Doylestown Federal Savings and Loan AssociationDoylestown, PA | Jul 31, 1992 |
| Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and Loan AssociationPhiladelphia, PA | Dec 31, 1978 |
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 29132 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.