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What happened to Southwest Bank?
Southwest Bank in Greensburg, PA (earlier called Southwest National Bank of Pennsylvania) merged into First Commonwealth Bank of Indiana, PA on Oct 15, 2002. First Commonwealth Bank 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.
- 1934Southwest National Bank of Pennsylvania opens in Greensburg, PA
- Dec 31, 1998renamed Southwest Bank
- Oct 15, 2002MERGEDSouthwest Bank merged into First Commonwealth Bank of Indiana, PA.FDIC certificate 7979 ends; its business continues under certificate 7468.
- TodayOPEN
First Commonwealth BankMain office Indiana, PA · FDIC certificate 7468 · 128 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every First Commonwealth Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fcbanking.com
If you still have something from Southwest Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Southwest Bank as lienholder, start with First Commonwealth Bank. 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 First Commonwealth Bank to search for the account under the name Southwest 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 First Commonwealth Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Southwest 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
17 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 111 S Main StGreensburg, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 750 E Pittsburgh StGreensburg, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 3880 Old William Penn HwyMurrysville, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 4000 Hempfield Plaza Blvd, Ste 901Greensburg, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 38 Greensburg StDelmont, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 2501 Sharkys DrLatrobe, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 110 Village DrGreensburg, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 8291 State Rt. 22New Alexandria, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 5 S 4th StYoungwood, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 200 S Chestnut StDerry, PA | OpenFirst Commonwealth Bank |
| 105 Capitol Park DriveSarver, PA | No longer reported |
| 331 East Sixth StreetTarentum, PA | No longer reported |
| 1880 Heights PlazaNatrona Heights, PA | No longer reported |
| 5780 Kennedy AvenueExport, PA | No longer reported |
| 320 North Center AvenueNew Stanton, PA | No longer reported |
| 1119-23 Brackenridge AvenueBrackenridge, PA | No longer reported |
| Willow Crossing RoadHempfield Township, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Southwest Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The First National Bank of YoungwoodYoungwood, PA | Mar 13, 1978 |
| Fidelity Deposit Bank of DerryDerry, PA | Mar 13, 1978 |
| First National Bank of WestmorelandGreensburg, PA | Jun 30, 1970 |
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 7979 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.