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What happened to Pennsylvania Business Bank?
Pennsylvania Business Bank in Philadelphia, PA merged into NOVA Bank of Berwyn, PA on May 26, 2009. The chain runs 1 step further and ends with no operating bank.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1999Pennsylvania Business Bank opens in Philadelphia, PA
- May 26, 2009MERGEDPennsylvania Business Bank merged into NOVA Bank of Berwyn, PA.FDIC certificate 35071 ends; its business continues under certificate 27148.
- Oct 26, 2012FAILEDNOVA Bank of Berwyn, PA failed and was closed. No bank took it over; insured depositors were paid directly.FDIC certificate 27148 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Pennsylvania Business Bank
A lien that was never released
NOVA Bank failed on Oct 26, 2012. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
The FDIC record shows no bank taking over NOVA Bank's deposits. In a payoff, insured depositors are paid directly, up to the insurance limit.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
A safe deposit box
In a payoff the FDIC writes to box holders with instructions for removing the contents. For a box never emptied, ask through the FDIC Information and Support Center and check 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.
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
5 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. None is still reporting as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1695 Grant AvePhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1819 John F. Kennedy BoulevardPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1132 Cooper StreetDeptford, NJ | No longer reported |
| 30 Elm AvenueWoodbury Heights, NJ | No longer reported |
| 1401 Walnut Street, Suite 40Philadelphia, PA | 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 35071 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.