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What happened to Hometown Federal Savings Association?
Hometown Federal Savings Association in Winfield, IL was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The Irving Bank of Chicago, IL on May 31, 1991. After 1 more change of hands, what was Hometown Federal Savings Association is today part of Popular Bank (New York, NY).
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.
- 1990Hometown Federal Savings Association opens in Winfield, IL
- May 31, 1991RESOLVEDHometown Federal Savings Association was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The Irving Bank of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 33169 ends; its business continues under certificate 17015.
- Mar 28, 1999MERGEDThe Irving Bank of Chicago, IL merged into Banco Popular North America of New York, NY.FDIC certificate 17015 ends; its business continues under certificate 34967.
- TodayOPEN
Popular BankMain office New York, NY · FDIC certificate 34967 · 36 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every Popular Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.popularbank.com
If you still have something from Hometown Federal Savings Association
A lien that was never released
Hometown Federal Savings Association was closed in a federal resolution on May 31, 1991. 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 Popular 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, The Irving Bank). Start with Popular Bank, and ask them to search under the name Hometown Federal Savings Association.
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 Popular 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 Hometown Federal Savings Association
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Hometown Savings and Loan Association, FAWinfield, IL | Aug 3, 1990 |
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 33169 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.