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What happened to First Mariner Bank?
First Mariner Bank in Baltimore, MD (earlier called Garibaldi Federal Savings and Loan Association and 2 other names) merged into Howard Bank of Baltimore, MD on Mar 1, 2018. After 1 more change of hands, what was First Mariner Bank is today part of First National Bank of Pennsylvania (Greenville, 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.
- 1920Garibaldi Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Baltimore, MD
- Dec 31, 1989renamed Garibaldi Federal Savings Bank
- Dec 8, 1994renamed Marylands Bank Federal Savings Bank
- May 22, 1995renamed First Mariner Bank
- Mar 1, 2018MERGEDFirst Mariner Bank merged into Howard Bank of Baltimore, MD.FDIC certificate 31286 ends; its business continues under certificate 57776.
- Feb 5, 2022MERGEDHoward Bank of Baltimore, MD merged into First National Bank of Pennsylvania of Greenville, PA.FDIC certificate 57776 ends; its business continues under certificate 7888.
- TodayOPEN
First National Bank of PennsylvaniaMain office Greenville, PA · FDIC certificate 7888 · 358 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every First National Bank of Pennsylvania office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fnb-online.com
If you still have something from First Mariner Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Mariner Bank as lienholder, start with First National Bank of Pennsylvania. 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 First National Bank of Pennsylvania to search for the account under the name First Mariner Bank. 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 First National Bank of Pennsylvania which branch now holds boxes from the First Mariner Bank 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
40 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 3 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2129 York RdTimonium, MD | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 3301 Boston StBaltimore, MD | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 305 Crain Hwy SGlen Burnie, MD | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 366 A Ritchie HighwaySeverna Park, MD | No longer reported |
| 161 A Jennifer RoadAnnapolis, MD | No longer reported |
| 10101 Philadelphia RoadBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 7860 Wise AvenueBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 4800 Painters Mill RoadOwings Mills, MD | No longer reported |
| 1013 Reisterstown RoadPikesville, MD | No longer reported |
| 176 Carroll Island RoadBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 1501 South Clinton StreetBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 1641 E Joppa RoadBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 10065 Baltimore National PikeEllicott City, MD | No longer reported |
| 12 A Bel Air South ParkwayBel Air, MD | No longer reported |
| 1403 Conwingo DriveBel Air, MD | No longer reported |
| 1010 Baltimore Blvd.Westminster, MD | No longer reported |
| 7007 Security BlvdBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 9840 York RoadCockeysville, MD | No longer reported |
| 8662 Alicia DriveEaston, MD | No longer reported |
| 3720 Washington Blvd., Suite 100Baltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 1600 Annapolis RoadOdenton, MD | No longer reported |
| 8843 Bel Air RoadBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 8835 Centre Park DriveColumbia, MD | No longer reported |
| 1740 York RoadTimonium, MD | No longer reported |
| 300 North Charles StreetBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 549 South Main StreetShrewsbury, PA | No longer reported |
| 1049 Md Rte 3Gambrills, MD | No longer reported |
| 115 East Joppa RoadTowson, MD | No longer reported |
| 12505 Coastal HighwayOcean City, MD | No longer reported |
| 9833 Liberty RoadRandallstown, MD | No longer reported |
| 309 East Main Street, SuiteSalisbury, MD | No longer reported |
| 15 East Padonia RoadCockeysville, MD | No longer reported |
| 8206 Pulaski HighwayRosedale, MD | No longer reported |
| 1770 Merritt BoulevardBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 7860 Wise AvenueBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
| 1401 Pulaski HighwayEdgewood, MD | No longer reported |
| 6721 Chesapeake Center DriveGlen Burnie, MD | No longer reported |
| 8587 Ft Smallwood RdPasadena, MD | No longer reported |
| 1012b Beards Hill RoadAberdeen, MD | No longer reported |
| 815 Scott StreetBaltimore, MD | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Mariner Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Farmers Bank, a Federal Savings BankBaltimore, MD | May 22, 1995 |
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 31286 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.