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What happened to The Commercial Bank and Savings Company?
The Commercial Bank and Savings Company in Fostoria, OH merged into The Commercial National Bank of Tiffin of Tiffin, OH on Dec 31, 1984. After 3 more changes of hands, what was The Commercial Bank and Savings Company is today part of Fifth Third Bank, National Association (Cincinnati, OH).
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.
- 1903The Commercial Bank and Savings Company opens in Fostoria, OH
- Dec 31, 1984MERGEDThe Commercial Bank and Savings Company merged into The Commercial National Bank of Tiffin of Tiffin, OH.FDIC certificate 8392 ends; its business continues under certificate 6708.
- Aug 1, 1988MERGEDThe Commercial National Bank of Tiffin (by then renamed Commercial National Bank) of Tiffin, OH merged into The Fifth Third Bank of Northwestern Ohio, National Association of Findlay, OH.FDIC certificate 6708 ends; its business continues under certificate 6582.
- Nov 12, 1991MERGEDThe Fifth Third Bank of Northwestern Ohio, National Association of Findlay, OH merged into The Fifth Third Bank of Toledo, National Association of Toledo, OH.FDIC certificate 6582 ends; its business continues under certificate 776.
- Dec 29, 2000MERGEDThe Fifth Third Bank of Toledo, National Association (by then renamed Fifth Third Bank, Northwestern Ohio, National Association) of Toledo, OH merged into Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, OH.FDIC certificate 776 ends; its business continues under certificate 6672.
- TodayOPEN
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6672 · 1,513 offices in 15 states on June 30, 2026Every Fifth Third Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.53.com
If you still have something from The Commercial Bank and Savings Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Commercial Bank and Savings Company as lienholder, start with Fifth Third 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 Fifth Third Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name The Commercial Bank and Savings Company. 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 Fifth Third Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the The Commercial Bank and Savings Company 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.
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 ▾
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 8392 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.