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What happened to Northern Trust Bank, Federal Savings Bank?
Northern Trust Bank, Federal Savings Bank in Bloomfield Hills, MI merged into The Northern Trust Company of Chicago, IL on Oct 1, 2011. The Northern Trust Company is open today.
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.
- 1998Northern Trust Bank, Federal Savings Bank opens in Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Oct 1, 2011MERGEDNorthern Trust Bank, Federal Savings Bank merged into The Northern Trust Company of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 34835 ends; its business continues under certificate 913.
- TodayOPEN
The Northern Trust CompanyMain office Chicago, IL · FDIC certificate 913 · 58 offices in 19 states on June 30, 2026Every The Northern Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.northerntrust.com
If you still have something from Northern Trust Bank, Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Northern Trust Bank, Federal Savings Bank as lienholder, start with The Northern Trust Company. 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 The Northern Trust Company to search for the account under the name Northern Trust Bank, Federal Savings 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 The Northern Trust Company which branch now holds boxes from the Northern Trust Bank, Federal Savings 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
15 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 12 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 390 Park Avenue, 2nd FloorNew York, NY | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 55 Railroad Ave, LevelGreenwich, CT | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 3282 Northside Pkwy Nw, Ste 100Atlanta, GA | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 1700 South Pavilion Center Drive Ste 650Las Vegas, NV | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 1301 2nd Ave, Ste 2600Seattle, WA | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 10 W Long Lake RdBloomfield Hills, MI | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 125 Summer St, Floor 14Boston, MA | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 526 E Wisconsin AveMilwaukee, WI | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 8027 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 750Saint Louis, MO | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 80 S 8th StMinneapolis, MN | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 200 Public Sq, Ste 3200Cleveland, OH | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 45 Ottawa Ave Nw, Ste 500Grand Rapids, MI | OpenThe Northern Trust Company |
| 120 KerchevalGrosse Pointe Farms, MI | No longer reported |
| One International Place Suite 1600Boston, MA | No longer reported |
| 127 Public Square, Suite 5150Cleveland, OH | No longer reported |
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 34835 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.