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What happened to Puget Sound Bank?
Puget Sound Bank in Tacoma, WA (earlier called Puget Sound National Bank) merged into Key Bank of Washington of Tacoma, WA on Jan 15, 1993. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Puget Sound Bank is today part of KeyBank National Association (Cleveland, 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.
- 1890Puget Sound National Bank opens in Tacoma, WA
- Dec 21, 1992renamed Puget Sound Bank
- Jan 15, 1993MERGEDPuget Sound Bank merged into Key Bank of Washington of Tacoma, WA.FDIC certificate 2982 ends; its business continues under certificate 11979.
- Jun 30, 1997MERGEDKey Bank of Washington (by then renamed KeyBank National Association) of Tacoma, WA merged into KeyBank National Association of Salt Lake City, UT.FDIC certificate 11979 ends; its business continues under certificate 1254.
- Jun 30, 1997MERGEDKeyBank National Association of Salt Lake City, UT merged into KeyBank National Association of Cleveland, OH.FDIC certificate 1254 ends; its business continues under certificate 17534.
- TodayOPEN
KeyBank National AssociationMain office Cleveland, OH · FDIC certificate 17534 · 951 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every KeyBank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.key.com
If you still have something from Puget Sound Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Puget Sound Bank as lienholder, start with KeyBank 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 KeyBank National Association to search for the account under the name Puget Sound 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 KeyBank National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Puget Sound 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.
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.
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Banks folded into Puget Sound Bank
14 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 15 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Family Savings and Loan Association, F.A.Seattle, WA | Jul 19, 1991 |
| The First National Bank of EnumclawEnumclaw, WA | Nov 30, 1990 |
| Gig Harbor National BankGig Harbor, WA | Oct 19, 1987 |
| First State BankPort Orchard, WA | Dec 29, 1986 |
| The Bank of SeattleSeattle, WA | Nov 1, 1986 |
| Bank of RedmondRedmond, WA | Nov 1, 1986 |
| The Peninsula State BankGig Harbor, WA | Apr 10, 1981 |
| Bank of OlympiaOlympia, WA | Feb 1, 1981 |
| Valley National Bank of AuburnAuburn, WA | Sep 9, 1977 |
| Continental BankBurien, WA | Mar 20, 1976 |
| State Bank of MortonMorton, WA | Mar 9, 1973 |
| Orting State BankOrting, WA | Mar 9, 1973 |
| Eatonville State BankEatonville, WA | Mar 9, 1973 |
| National Bank of Mason CountyShelton, WA | Mar 19, 1971 |
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 2982 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.