# AMERIBANK, INC.

> **Failed bank** · NORTHFORK, WV · failed 2008-09-19 · Savings bank · FDIC cost $38M

## What happened

AMERIBANK, INC. of NORTHFORK, WV was closed by state regulators on **2008-09-19**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **THE CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK** (MARTINS FERRY, OH). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3567
- **FDIC Certificate:** 6782
- **FDIC FIN:** 10014
- **Bank name:** AMERIBANK, INC.
- **Location:** NORTHFORK, WV
- **Failure date:** 2008-09-19
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2008-09-19
- **Charter type:** Savings bank
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $38M
- **Deposits at failure:** $101M
- **Assets at failure:** $104M
- **Acquiring bank:** THE CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK (MARTINS FERRY, OH)
- **FDIC comments:** Pioneer Community Bank, Inc (cert=2448) purchased 2 WV branches.  The primary acquirer purchased the OH branches.

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=AMERIBANK%2C%20INC.

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, AMERIBANK, INC. (FDIC ID 3567), failed 2008-09-19. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3567.

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