Search for lost savings and accounts
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Old bank books and forgotten accounts do not vanish, and there are free official routes for tracing them. My Lost Account searches UK banks, building societies and National Savings and Investments, while in the US each state runs an unclaimed property programme that can be reached through the state administrators' association.
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How to start
- Open My Lost Account for the UK, or the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators site for the US.
- Set up a profile and complete the My Lost Account search form, or choose your state from the map and search its programme.
- List every former name and address you have used and repeat the search for each.
Where to go
- My Lost Account (free UK tracing service for bank, building society and NS&I accounts) UK
- National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (links to official US state programmes) US
We opened these links on 8 October 2026 and found them to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
This is general information, not financial or business advice for your own circumstances.
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Read next
Finding lost pensions and old retirement accounts: the free searches that actually work
How to trace lost workplace and personal pensions using the UK Pension Tracing Service and MoneyHelper's four-step method, and lost US 401(k)s and pensions using the Department of Labor's Retirement Savings Lost and Found, PBGC and state unclaimed property. Plus what to check before consolidating. General information, not financial advice.