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What happened to Ocwen Federal Bank FSB?
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB in Fort Lee, NJ (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Delaware and 2 other names) closed voluntarily on Jun 30, 2005. It did not fail.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1938First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Delaware opens in Fort Lee, NJ
- Jul 31, 1984renamed First Federal Savings Bank
- Jun 30, 1993renamed Berkeley Federal Bank and Trust, F.S.B.
- Oct 1, 1996renamed Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
- Jun 30, 2005CLOSEDOcwen Federal Bank FSB closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 30028 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
A lien that was never released
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB closed voluntarily, and the FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that closed voluntarily and liquidated or closed without government assistance. The FDIC says it may be able to help only where the lender was a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership.
Our suggestion, not the FDIC's: a title company or real-estate attorney in the county where the lien is recorded will know how that state clears a lien from a lender that no longer exists.
An old account, passbook or CD
With no successor bank to ask, go to the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records. The OCC gives the same advice for old records from a bank that no longer exists.
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
Contents of boxes left behind are handled under state unclaimed-property law. Start with the unclaimed-property program of New Jersey, where the box was.
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.
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
26 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 3 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 3812 Kirkwood HwyWilmington, DE | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 287 E Main St, Unit 105Newark, DE | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 800 Foulk RdWilmington, DE | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 2400 Lemoine AveFort Lee, NJ | No longer reported |
| 707 Anderson AvenueCliffside Park, NJ | No longer reported |
| 270 S. LivingstonLivingston, NJ | No longer reported |
| 555 Milburn Ave.Short Hills, NJ | No longer reported |
| 1319g Rockville PikeRockville, MD | No longer reported |
| 434 Ridgevale Ave.East Hanover, NJ | No longer reported |
| 977 Valley RoadGillette, NJ | No longer reported |
| 17 Beaverson Blvd.Bricktown, NJ | No longer reported |
| 2000 Route 70Lakehurst, NJ | No longer reported |
| 490 Route 530Whiting, NJ | No longer reported |
| Kentucky & Atlantic AvenuesAtlantic City, NJ | No longer reported |
| 32nd St. & Revere Blvd.Brigantine, NJ | No longer reported |
| 20 Central SquareLinwood, NJ | No longer reported |
| 550 New Rd.Somers Point, NJ | No longer reported |
| Ventnor & Fredericksburg AvenuesVentnor, NJ | No longer reported |
| 10 South AvenueGarwood, NJ | No longer reported |
| 324 Chestnut Ave.Union, NJ | No longer reported |
| 2301 Concord PikeWilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| Marsh Rd. & Silverside Rd.Wilmington, DE | No longer reported |
| 3852 Bayshore Rd.North Cape May, NJ | No longer reported |
| Applegarth & Cranbury Rds.Monroe, NJ | No longer reported |
| 660 Plainsboro Rd.Plainsboro, NJ | No longer reported |
| 100 Veterans Memorial Dr. W.Somerville, NJ | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
5 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 8 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Berkeley Federal Savings BankMillburn, NJ | Jun 30, 1993 |
| Metrobank Federal Savings and Loan AssociationPalisades Park, NJ | Apr 10, 1992 |
| Republic Savings Bank, FSBRockville, MD | Feb 28, 1992 |
| Action Federal Savings BankSomers Point, NJ | Oct 25, 1991 |
| Home Federal Savings and Loan AssociationWilmington, DE | Feb 28, 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 30028 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.