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What happened to The Peoples Bank & Trust Company?
The Peoples Bank & Trust Company in Selma, AL merged into Bank Trust of Mobile, AL on Dec 14, 2007. After 1 more change of hands, what was The Peoples Bank & Trust Company is today part of Trustmark Bank (Jackson, MS).
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.
- 1902The Peoples Bank & Trust Company opens in Selma, AL
- Dec 14, 2007MERGEDThe Peoples Bank & Trust Company merged into Bank Trust of Mobile, AL.FDIC certificate 860 ends; its business continues under certificate 26607.
- Feb 15, 2013MERGEDBankTrust of Mobile, AL merged into Trustmark National Bank of Jackson, MS.FDIC certificate 26607 ends; its business continues under certificate 4988.
- TodayOPEN
Trustmark BankMain office Jackson, MS · FDIC certificate 4988 · 176 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Trustmark Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.trustmark.com
If you still have something from The Peoples Bank & Trust Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Peoples Bank & Trust Company as lienholder, start with Trustmark 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 Trustmark Bank to search for the account under the name The Peoples 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 Trustmark Bank which branch now holds boxes from the The Peoples 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
32 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 13 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 310 Broad StSelma, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 148 E Main StPrattville, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 31 Mcfarland BlvdNorthport, AL | OpenWest Alabama Bank & Trust |
| 300 E Commerce St, # 314Greenville, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 835 Main StMontevallo, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| Thomason Drive, 1801 Thomason DriveOpelika, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 304 Barnett BlvdTallassee, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 15 Kowaliga RdEclectic, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 412 Highway 106 WestGeorgiana, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 125 Hazel AvenueCentreville, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 122 Greenville BypGreenville, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 28827 Highway 5Woodstock, AL | OpenWest Alabama Bank & Trust |
| 415 N Dean RdAuburn, AL | OpenTrustmark Bank |
| 401 19th Street NorthBessemer, AL | No longer reported |
| Two Perimeter Park SouthBirmingham, AL | No longer reported |
| 1784 Taliaferro TrailMontgomery, AL | No longer reported |
| 15 Garland StreetMckenzie, AL | No longer reported |
| 4949 Highway 17Helena, AL | No longer reported |
| 720 Skyland BlvdTuscaloosa, AL | No longer reported |
| 1305 East Highland AvenueSelma, AL | No longer reported |
| 1805 West Dallas AvenueSelma, AL | No longer reported |
| 7167 Alabama Highway 22Valley Grande, AL | No longer reported |
| 3891 Highway 14Millbrook, AL | No longer reported |
| 1411 Gilmer AvenueTallassee, AL | No longer reported |
| 1805 East Main StreetPrattville, AL | No longer reported |
| 7th Street and Central BouleTallassee, AL | No longer reported |
| Highway 22 and Oak StreetPlantersville, AL | No longer reported |
| 1501 Highway 14 EastSelma, AL | No longer reported |
| 604 Roosevelt StreetTallassee, AL | No longer reported |
| 699 East Main StreetPrattville, AL | No longer reported |
| Main Street and Thomas AvenuePrattville, AL | No longer reported |
| 801 Alabama AvenueSelma, AL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into The Peoples Bank & Trust Company
5 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 6 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Bank of TallasseeTallassee, AL | Aug 21, 1998 |
| Merchants & Planters BankMontevallo, AL | Apr 13, 1998 |
| The Citizens BankPrattville, AL | Feb 26, 1994 |
| The Greenville BankGreenville, AL | Dec 1, 1983 |
| The Peoples Bank at Selma Mall, National AssociationSelma, AL | Jan 1, 1974 |
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 860 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.