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What happened to Colorado East Bank & Trust?
Colorado East Bank & Trust in Lamar, CO (earlier called First Bank and Trust and 1 other name) merged into Tbk Bank, SSB of Dallas, TX on Aug 1, 2016. Tbk Bank, SSB 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.
- 1905First Bank and Trust opens in Lamar, CO
- Apr 1, 1970renamed First Bank & Trust
- Dec 1, 1994renamed Colorado East Bank & Trust
- Aug 1, 2016MERGEDColorado East Bank & Trust merged into Tbk Bank, SSB of Dallas, TX.FDIC certificate 3027 ends; its business continues under certificate 23498.
- TodayOPEN
Tbk Bank, SSBMain office Dallas, TX · FDIC certificate 23498 · 62 offices in 6 states on June 30, 2026Every Tbk Bank, SSB office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.tbkbank.com
If you still have something from Colorado East Bank & Trust
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Colorado East Bank & Trust as lienholder, start with Tbk Bank, SSB. 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 Tbk Bank, SSB to search for the account under the name Colorado East Bank & Trust. 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 Tbk Bank, SSB which branch now holds boxes from the Colorado East Bank & Trust 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
19 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 16 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 550 E Woodward AveKeenesburg, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 141 Colorado AveStratton, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 141 Main StMead, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 725 Us Highway 24 NBuena Vista, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 801 Main StFairplay, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 207 1st AveLa Salle, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 1515 Fortino BlvdPueblo, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 310 E 3rd StLa Junta, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 101 North MainHolly, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 100 W Pearl StLamar, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 1030 Main StSpringfield, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 423 Broadway AveTribune, KS | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 94 S Tiffany DrPueblo West, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 432 Morton StElkhart, KS | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 399 W 4th AveSeverance, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 108 E Goff AveGranada, CO | OpenTBK BANK, SSB |
| 801 Flying Circle Blvd.Dacono, CO | No longer reported |
| 1219 S. Prairie AvenuePueblo, CO | No longer reported |
| 6 Conley RoadLA Junta, CO | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Colorado East Bank & Trust
5 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 6 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The First National Bank of StrattonStratton, CO | Mar 14, 2008 |
| The First National Bank of TribuneTribune, KS | Jul 24, 2006 |
| Ark Valley Independent BankLa Junta, CO | May 15, 1997 |
| Baca State BankSpringfield, CO | May 17, 1996 |
| The American State BankGranada, CO | Dec 1, 1994 |
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 3027 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.