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What happened to Abilene Savings Association?
Abilene Savings Association in Abilene, TX was merged into United Savings Association of Texas of Houston, TX with federal assistance on Jan 31, 1978. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Abilene Savings Association is today part of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Columbus, 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.
- 1936Abilene Savings Association opens in Abilene, TX
- Jan 31, 1978ASSISTED MERGERAbilene Savings Association was merged into United Savings Association of Texas of Houston, TX with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 29714 ends; its business continues under certificate 29959.
- Dec 31, 1988ASSISTED MERGERUnited Savings Association of Texas of Houston, TX was merged into United Savings Association of Texas FSB of Houston, TX with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 29959 ends; its business continues under certificate 32640.
- Feb 13, 2001MERGEDUnited Savings Association of Texas FSB (by then renamed Bank United) of Houston, TX merged into Washington Mutual Bank, FA of Henderson, NV.FDIC certificate 32640 ends; its business continues under certificate 32633.
- Sep 25, 2008FAILEDWashington Mutual Bank, FA (by then renamed Washington Mutual Bank) of Henderson, NV failed, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association of Columbus, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 32633 ends; its business continues under certificate 628.
- TodayOPEN
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 628 · 5,141 offices in 49 states on June 30, 2026Every JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.jpmorganchase.com
If you still have something from Abilene Savings Association
A lien that was never released
Washington Mutual Bank failed on Sep 25, 2008. 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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, 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, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association). Start with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Abilene Savings Association.
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 JPMorgan Chase 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 29714 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.