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FDIC certificate 5208 · Minneapolis, MN

What happened to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association?

Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association in Minneapolis, MN (earlier called Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis and 2 other names) merged into Wells Fargo Bank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD on Feb 20, 2004. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is open today.

1872
opened
2004
merged away
4
names it used
1
step to today's bank

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.

  1. 1872
    Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis opens in Minneapolis, MN
  2. May 1, 1983
    renamed Norwest Bank Minneapolis, National Association
  3. Jan 1, 1988
    renamed Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association
  4. Jul 8, 2000
    renamed Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
  5. Feb 20, 2004
    MERGEDWells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association merged into Wells Fargo Bank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 5208 ends; its business continues under certificate 3511.
  6. Today
    OPEN
    Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 3511 · 4,157 offices in 40 states on June 30, 2026

    Every Wells Fargo Bank, National Association office →   Website on file with the FDIC: www.wellsfargo.com

If you still have something from Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association

A lien that was never released

If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as lienholder, start with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association. 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association 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

224 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 109 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.

OfficeLast filed under itNow
90 S 7th StMinneapolis, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
430 Wabasha St NSaint Paul, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
7900 Xerxes Ave SBloomington, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
930 Wayzata Blvd EWayzata, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
670 Mcknight Rd NSaint Paul, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
935 Prairie Center DrEden Prairie, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
3200 Main St NwCoon Rapids, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
3390 Pilot Knob RdEagan, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
13765 83rd Way NMaple Grove, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
7525 Currell BlvdWoodbury, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1505 W Lake StMinneapolis, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1827 Grand AveSt. Paul, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
21 1st St SwRochester, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
14325 Cedar AveApple Valley, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
12120 Aberdeen St NeBlaine, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
2329 Central Ave NeMinneapolis, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
2440 Fairview Ave NRoseville, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
600 Wisconsin Avenue NGolden Valley, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
3000 Fernbrook Ln NPlymouth, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1809 Plymouth RdMinnetonka, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1339 W Arrowhead RdDuluth, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
206 E Hickory StMankato, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
5116 Vernon Ave SEdina, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
4400 Highway 61 NWhite Bear Lake, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
80 S 8th StMinneapolis, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1710 Robert St SWest Saint Paul, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1220 County Road E WArden Hills, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
2000 Northwestern Ave SStillwater, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
8460 Zane Ave NBrooklyn Park, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
208 Lake St SForest Lake, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
2945 White Bear Ave NMaplewood, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
6445 Nicollet AveRichfield, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
4959 Excelsior BlvdSaint Louis Park, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
6225 Sycamore Ln NMaple Grove, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
8320 42nd Ave NNew Hope, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
2015 3rd AveAnoka, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1011 1st St SHopkins, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
9801 Normandale BlvdBloomington, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
1379 Phalen BlvdSaint Paul, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association
407 Pine StMonticello, MN2003OpenWells Fargo Bank, National Association

Banks folded into Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association

35 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 119 charters end up inside it.

BankEndedHow
Marquette Bank, National AssociationRogers, MNJul 13, 2002merged
Marquette Capital Bank, National AssociationWayzata, MNJul 13, 2002merged
The Buffalo National BankBuffalo, MNJan 13, 2001merged
Norwest Bank Minnesota West, National AssociationMoorhead, MNAug 26, 2000merged
Norwest Bank Minnesota Southwest, National AssociationMarshall, MNAug 26, 2000merged
Norwest Bank Minnesota North, National AssociationDuluth, MNJul 8, 2000merged
Norwest Bank Minnesota South, National AssociationRochester, MNJul 8, 2000merged
Eastern Heights BankMaplewood, MNSep 11, 1999merged
MidAmerica BankNewport, MNOct 17, 1998merged
Norwest National BankWestminster, COAug 1, 1998merged
AmeribankBloomington, MNJun 14, 1996merged
Fridley Bank, National AssociationFridley, MNOct 27, 1995merged
Forest Lake State BankForest Lake, MNMay 6, 1994merged
Bank of Spring Lake Park, National AssociationSpring Lake Park, MNDec 3, 1993merged
First National Bank in AnokaAnoka, MNSep 23, 1991merged
Norwest National BankMinneapolis, MNDec 14, 1990merged
The Bank Wayzata, National AssociationWayzata, MNApr 30, 1990merged
The Bank Excelsior, National AssociationExcelsior, MNApr 30, 1990merged
The Bank North, National AssociationCrystal, MNApr 30, 1990merged
Norwest Bank Camden, National AssociationMinneapolis, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Hastings, National AssociationHastings, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank MetroWest, National AssociationHopkins, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Old St. Anthony, National AssociationMinneapolis, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank MetroSouth, National AssociationMinneapolis, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Calhoun-Isles, National AssociationMinneapolis, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Central, National AssociationMinneapolis, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Midland, National AssociationMinneapolis, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank St. Paul, National AssociationSt. Paul, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank South St. Paul, National AssociationSouth St. Paul, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank of East St. Paul, National AssociationSt. Paul, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Stillwater, National AssociationStillwater, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank of Maple Grove, National AssociationMaple Grove, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Jordan, National AssociationJordan, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank University-Midway, National AssociationMinneapolis, MNJan 1, 1988merged
Norwest Bank Bloomington, National AssociationBloomington, MNJan 1, 1988merged

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 5208 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.