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What happened to The Security Savings and Loan Association of Columbus?
The Security Savings and Loan Association of Columbus in Upper Arlington, OH was merged into Continental Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, OH with federal assistance on Jan 31, 1979. After 1 more change of hands, what was The Security Savings and Loan Association of Columbus is today part of Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank (Pittsburgh, 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.
- 1917The Security Savings and Loan Association of Columbus opens in Upper Arlington, OH
- Jan 31, 1979ASSISTED MERGERThe Security Savings and Loan Association of Columbus was merged into Continental Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, OH with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 30481 ends; its business continues under certificate 27781.
- Oct 1, 1984RESOLVEDContinental Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, OH was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Dollar Bank, FSB of Pittsburgh, PA.FDIC certificate 27781 ends; its business continues under certificate 32245. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Sep 21, 1984.
- TodayOPEN
Dollar Bank, Federal Savings BankMain office Pittsburgh, PA · FDIC certificate 32245 · 91 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.dollar.bank
If you still have something from The Security Savings and Loan Association of Columbus
A lien that was never released
Continental Federal Savings and Loan Association failed on Sep 21, 1984, under the old savings-and-loan insurance fund (FSLIC). The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Dollar Bank, FSB). Start with Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank, and ask them to search under the name The Security Savings and Loan Association of Columbus.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
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 Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank. 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.
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 ▾
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 30481 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.