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What happened to VIST Bank?
VIST Bank in Wyomissing, PA (earlier called The Merchants National Bank of Shenandoah and 2 other names) merged into Tompkins Community Bank of Ithaca, NY on Jan 1, 2022. That bank is now called Tompkins Bank & Trust (Ithaca, 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.
- 1891The Merchants National Bank of Shenandoah opens in Wyomissing, PA
- Aug 1, 1995renamed Merchants Bank of Pennsylvania
- Sep 23, 2000renamed Leesport Bank
- Mar 3, 2008renamed VIST Bank
- Jan 1, 2022MERGEDVIST Bank merged into Tompkins Community Bank of Ithaca, NY.FDIC certificate 7748 ends; its business continues under certificate 609.
- TodayOPEN
Tompkins Bank & TrustMain office Ithaca, NY · FDIC certificate 609 · 59 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Tompkins Bank & Trust office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.tompkinsbank.com
If you still have something from VIST Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows VIST Bank as lienholder, start with Tompkins Bank & Trust. 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 Tompkins Bank & Trust to search for the account under the name VIST 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 Tompkins Bank & Trust which branch now holds boxes from the VIST 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
34 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 19 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 241 S Centre AveLeesport, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 1199 Berkshire BlvdWyomissing, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 258 E High StPottstown, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 1210 Rockland StReading, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 4708 Penn AveSinking Spring, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 153 E Lancaster AveWayne, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 801 S 4th StHamburg, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 909 W Leesport RdLeesport, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 101 E Philadelphia AveBoyertown, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 998 Dekalb PikeBlue Bell, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 237 Route 61 SSchuylkill Haven, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 350 W Main StBirdsboro, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 221 W Ridge PikeConshohocken, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 3401-3 Pricetown RdFleetwood, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 4361 Perkiomen AveReading, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 101 N Main StShenandoah, PA | OpenFirst National Bank of Pennsylvania |
| 8000 Verree RdPhiladelphia, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 1240 Broadcasting RdWyomissing, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 1240 Broadcasting RdWyomissing, PA | OpenTompkins Community Bank |
| 100 Plaza DrBlandon, PA | No longer reported |
| 1 Reading DrWernersville, PA | No longer reported |
| 1767 Sentry Pkwy WBlue Bell, PA | No longer reported |
| 1 Belmont AveBala Cynwyd, PA | No longer reported |
| 1232 Egypt Road Po Box 859Oaks, PA | No longer reported |
| 200 Tranquility LaneReading, PA | No longer reported |
| 36 N 3rd StreetPhiladelphia, PA | No longer reported |
| 1044 Mcarthur RoadReading, PA | No longer reported |
| 2946 Skippack PikeWorcester, PA | No longer reported |
| 564 Lancaster AvenueBerwyn, PA | No longer reported |
| 100 Gibraltar RoadHorsham, PA | No longer reported |
| 100 Main StreetLansdale, PA | No longer reported |
| 2 Rittenhouse PlaceDrums, PA | No longer reported |
| 140 Cando ExpresswayHazleton, PA | No longer reported |
| Rear 1 West Broad St.Hazleton, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into VIST Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Allegiance Bank of North AmericaBala Cynwyd, PA | Nov 19, 2010 |
| The Madison BankBlue Bell, PA | Oct 1, 2004 |
| The First National Bank of LeesportLeesport, PA | Sep 23, 2000 |
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 7748 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.