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What happened to The Winton Savings and Loan Company?
The Winton Savings and Loan Company in Cincinnati, OH (earlier called Winton Savings and Loan Company) merged into Wesbanco Bank, Inc. of Wheeling, WV on Jan 3, 2005. That bank is now called WesBanco Bank, Inc. (Wheeling, WV).
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.
- 1887Winton Savings and Loan Company opens in Cincinnati, OH
- Feb 24, 2004renamed The Winton Savings and Loan Company
- Jan 3, 2005MERGEDThe Winton Savings and Loan Company merged into Wesbanco Bank, Inc. of Wheeling, WV.FDIC certificate 30799 ends; its business continues under certificate 803.
- TodayOPEN
WesBanco Bank, Inc.Main office Wheeling, WV · FDIC certificate 803 · 217 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every WesBanco Bank, Inc. office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wesbanco.com
If you still have something from The Winton Savings and Loan Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Winton Savings and Loan Company as lienholder, start with WesBanco Bank, Inc.. 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 WesBanco Bank, Inc. to search for the account under the name The Winton Savings and Loan Company. 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 WesBanco Bank, Inc. which branch now holds boxes from the The Winton Savings and Loan Company 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
11 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 5511 Cheviot Road At North BendCincinnati, OH | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 4517 Vine StCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 7014 Vine StCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 4517 Vine StCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 5440 Muddy Creek RdCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 7014 Vine St.Cincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 8670 Winton RdCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 9435 Montgomery RdCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 10575 Harrison Ave.Harrison, OH | No longer reported |
| 101 West Central PkyCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
| 601 Main StCincinnati, OH | No longer reported |
Banks folded into The Winton Savings and Loan Company
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Benchmark Federal Savings BankCincinnati, OH | Jun 11, 1999 |
| Blue Chip Savings BankCincinnati, OH | Jan 5, 1996 |
| West Northside Loan and Savings CompanyCincinnati, OH | Jul 31, 1987 |
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 30799 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.