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What happened to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York?
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York in York, NE (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association) failed, and First Federal Savings Association of York of York, NE took it over on Jan 18, 1990. After 1 more change of hands, what was First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York is today part of Cornerstone Bank (York, NE).
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.
- 1892First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in York, NE
- Apr 30, 1988renamed First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York
- Jan 18, 1990FAILEDFirst Federal Savings and Loan Association of York failed, and First Federal Savings Association of York of York, NE took it over.FDIC certificate 30855 ends; its business continues under certificate 32900.
- Jun 22, 1990RESOLVEDFirst Federal Savings Association of York of York, NE was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The First National Bank of York of York, NE.FDIC certificate 32900 ends; its business continues under certificate 5496.
- TodayOPEN
Cornerstone BankMain office York, NE · FDIC certificate 5496 · 48 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Cornerstone Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.cornerstoneconnect.com
If you still have something from First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York
A lien that was never released
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York failed on Jan 18, 1990, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. 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 Cornerstone 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, First Federal Savings Association of York). Start with Cornerstone Bank, and ask them to search under the name First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York.
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 Cornerstone 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 ▾
Banks folded into First Federal Savings and Loan Association of York
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First City Savings and Loan AssociationLincoln, NE | May 31, 1979 |
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 30855 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.