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What happened to Guaranty Bank?
Guaranty Bank in Milwaukee, WI (earlier called Guaranty Savings and Loan Association and 3 other names) failed, and First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Raleigh, NC took it over on May 5, 2017. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company is open today.
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.
- 1923Guaranty Savings and Loan Association opens in Milwaukee, WI
- Apr 30, 1989renamed Guaranty Bank for Savings, Savings Association
- Oct 31, 1990renamed Guaranty Bank for Savings, S.S.B.
- Oct 1, 1992renamed Guaranty Bank, S.S.B.
- Jun 3, 2002renamed Guaranty Bank
- May 5, 2017FAILEDGuaranty Bank failed, and First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Raleigh, NC took it over.FDIC certificate 30003 ends; its business continues under certificate 11063.
- TodayOPEN
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyMain office Raleigh, NC · FDIC certificate 11063 · 518 offices in 23 states on June 30, 2026Every First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstcitizens.com
If you still have something from Guaranty Bank
A lien that was never released
Guaranty Bank failed on May 5, 2017. 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 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, 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, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company). Start with First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and ask them to search under the name Guaranty Bank.
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 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. 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. 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
233 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 4 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 4661 S 27th StMilwaukee, WI | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 12655 W Capitol DrBrookfield, WI | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 5610 N Bayshore DrMilwaukee, WI | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 10380 W Silver Spring DrMilwaukee, WI | OpenFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| 1201 Larpenteur Avenue WestRoseville, MN | No longer reported |
| 1566 University Ave WestSaint Paul, MN | No longer reported |
| 45540 Michigan AvenueCanton, MI | No longer reported |
| 23303 Michigan AvenueDearborn, MI | No longer reported |
| 26400 Ford RoadDearborn Heights, MI | No longer reported |
| 19150 Telegraph RoadDetroit, MI | No longer reported |
| 19230 HarperHarper Woods, MI | No longer reported |
| 14100 Woodward AvenueHighland Park, MI | No longer reported |
| 29555 Plymouth RdLivonia, MI | No longer reported |
| 31300 Michigan AvenueWestland, MI | No longer reported |
| 36430 Ford RoadWestland, MI | No longer reported |
| 3010 Cahill MainFitchburg, WI | No longer reported |
| 261 Junction RdMadison, WI | No longer reported |
| 6540 Monona DriveMonona, WI | No longer reported |
| 4000 W Brown Deer RoadBrown Deer, WI | No longer reported |
| 544 East Ogden Avenue, Suite 800Milwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 7901 West Brown Deer RoadMilwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 7201 South 76th StreetFranklin, WI | No longer reported |
| 1123 North Van Buren StreetMilwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 4030 North Teutonia AveMilwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 501 West Northshore DriveMilwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 8151 W Bluemound RoadMilwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 8340 West Appleton AvenueMilwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 2201 East Rawson AvenueOak Creek, WI | No longer reported |
| 6700 West State StreetWauwatosa, WI | No longer reported |
| 10282 West National AvenueWest Allis, WI | No longer reported |
| 2010 Whitaker RoadYpsilanti, MI | No longer reported |
| 3200 Carpenter RoadYpsilanti, MI | No longer reported |
| 876 S Main StWest Bend, WI | No longer reported |
| N112w16200 Mequon RoadGermantown, WI | No longer reported |
| 1220 Theil StHartford, WI | No longer reported |
| 1234 Highway 175Hubertus, WI | No longer reported |
| W194n16774 Eagle DriveJackson, WI | No longer reported |
| 1100 East Commerce BoulevardSlinger, WI | No longer reported |
| 1515 West Paradise DriveWest Bend, WI | No longer reported |
| 1700 Monroe DriveAtlanta, GA | No longer reported |
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 30003 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.