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The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation: who to call about your old retirement account

Employee Stock Ownership Plan of the Bank of New York Company, Inc.. PITTSBURGH, PA. From the plan’s 2025 filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Good news: this plan is still running.

It filed for 2025, so if you left money in it, the account should still be there under your name. One phone call usually finds it.

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From the plan’s public filings. Check that it sounds like the place you worked.

Employer: The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Address on file: 500 Ross Street 154-1300 · Pittsburgh, PA · 15262
Industry: Finance & Insurance
Plan: Employee Stock Ownership Plan of the Bank of New York Company, Inc.Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
When: Start date on the filing: 1986Still running: latest filing is for 2025Has filed since at least 2009
Size: about 10,000 people in the plan, about $310 million in totalabout 8,500 of them no longer work there and still have money in it. Leaving a balance behind is common.

Not the right one? The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has another retirement plan:

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(K) Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 42,000 people · filed 2024

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If nobody can find you

These official and non-profit registries are free:

DOL Abandoned Plan Search ↗
plans wound down by a custodian after the employer walked away
DOL Retirement Savings Lost & Found ↗
the Department of Labor’s registry of accounts owed to former participants
National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits ↗
employers and plan administrators list balances they could not deliver
Your state’s unclaimed property office ↗
uncashed distribution checks often end up here

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401kHunter is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION. Plan figures on this page come from public U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings and reflect the plan’s final reported year. This page is educational and is not investment, tax, or legal advice.