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What happened to Great Valley Savings Bank?
Great Valley Savings Bank in Reading, PA (earlier called Central Pennsylvania Savings Association and 1 other name) merged into Fulton Bank of Lancaster, PA on Oct 28, 2000. That bank is now called Fulton Bank, National Association (Lancaster, PA).
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.
- 1873Central Pennsylvania Savings Association opens in Reading, PA
- Jul 31, 1993renamed Central Pennsylvania Savings Association, F.A.
- Oct 1, 1994renamed Great Valley Savings Bank
- Oct 28, 2000MERGEDGreat Valley Savings Bank merged into Fulton Bank of Lancaster, PA.FDIC certificate 29773 ends; its business continues under certificate 7551.
- TodayOPEN
Fulton Bank, National AssociationMain office Lancaster, PA · FDIC certificate 7551 · 205 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Fulton Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fultonbank.com
If you still have something from Great Valley Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Great Valley Savings Bank as lienholder, start with Fulton 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 Fulton Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Great Valley 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 Fulton Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Great Valley 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
20 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 8 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2100 Van Reed RdWest Lawn, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 2677a Shillington RdSinking Spring, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 100 S 3rd StHamburg, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 4001 Perkiomen AveReading, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 70 International DrLewisburg, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 210 N 5th StReading, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 3045-16 N Fifth St HwyReading, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 799 State StPottstown, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 2000 Cambridge AvenueWyomissing, PA | No longer reported |
| 2257 Lancaster PikeShillington, PA | No longer reported |
| 3309 Penn AveWest Lawn, PA | No longer reported |
| 2820 W. Girard Ave.Philadelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 4622 Carlisle PikeMechanicsburg, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 15 R.d. #3Lewisburg, PA | No longer reported |
| 1732 E 3rd StWilliamsport, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 11, Danville-Bloomsburg HighwayDanville, PA | No longer reported |
| 1100 North Fourth StreetSunbury, PA | No longer reported |
| Route 61Mount Camel, PA | No longer reported |
| 1000 Market St.Sunbury, PA | No longer reported |
| Park Village PlazaHershey, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Great Valley Savings Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Great Valley Savings BankReading, PA | Oct 1, 1994 |
| Hamilton Reliance Savings AssociationNorristown, PA | Nov 30, 1988 |
| First Susquehanna Savings AssociationSunbury, PA | 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 29773 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.