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What happened to Richardson County Bank & Trust Company?
Richardson County Bank & Trust Company in Falls City, NE (earlier called The Richardson County Bank) merged into Frontier Bank of Omaha, NE on Oct 24, 2015. After 1 more change of hands, what was Richardson County Bank & Trust Company is today part of Equity Bank (Andover, KS).
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.
- 1880The Richardson County Bank opens in Falls City, NE
- Mar 3, 1969renamed Richardson County Bank & Trust Company
- Oct 24, 2015MERGEDRichardson County Bank & Trust Company merged into Frontier Bank of Omaha, NE.FDIC certificate 8598 ends; its business continues under certificate 15545.
- Jan 1, 2026MERGEDFrontier Bank of Omaha, NE merged into Equity Bank of Andover, KS.FDIC certificate 15545 ends; its business continues under certificate 25858.
- TodayOPEN
Equity BankMain office Andover, KS · FDIC certificate 25858 · 83 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Equity Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.equitybank.com
If you still have something from Richardson County Bank & Trust Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Richardson County Bank & Trust Company as lienholder, start with Equity 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 Equity Bank to search for the account under the name Richardson County Bank & Trust 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 Equity Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Richardson County Bank & Trust 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. 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
2 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1616 Harlan StFalls City, NE | OpenEquity Bank |
| 217 North MainStella, NE | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Richardson County Bank & Trust Company
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The State Bank of StellaStella, NE | Jan 1, 1995 |
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 8598 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.