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What happened to American Bank of New Jersey?
American Bank of New Jersey in Bloomfield, NJ (earlier called American Savings and Loan Association of Bloomfield and 2 other names) merged into Investors Savings Bank of Short Hills, NJ on May 31, 2009. After 1 more change of hands, what was American Bank of New Jersey is today part of Citizens Bank, National Association (Providence, RI).
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.
- 1919American Savings and Loan Association of Bloomfield opens in Bloomfield, NJ
- Dec 1, 1992renamed American Savings and Loan Association of Bloomfield, N. J.
- Dec 27, 1995renamed American Savings Bank of NJ
- Mar 31, 2005renamed American Bank of New Jersey
- May 31, 2009MERGEDAmerican Bank of New Jersey merged into Investors Savings Bank of Short Hills, NJ.FDIC certificate 30617 ends; its business continues under certificate 28892.
- Apr 7, 2022MERGEDInvestors Savings Bank (by then renamed Investors Bank) of Short Hills, NJ merged into Citizens Bank, National Association of Providence, RI.FDIC certificate 28892 ends; its business continues under certificate 57957.
- TodayOPEN
Citizens Bank, National AssociationMain office Providence, RI · FDIC certificate 57957 · 971 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every Citizens Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.citizensbank.com
If you still have something from American Bank of New Jersey
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows American Bank of New Jersey as lienholder, start with Citizens Bank, National Association. 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 Citizens Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name American Bank of New Jersey. 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 Citizens Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the American Bank of New Jersey 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
6 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 365 Broad StBloomfield, NJ | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 347 Broad StBloomfield, NJ | No longer reported |
| 310 Pompton AvenueCedar Grove, NJ | No longer reported |
| 213 Harrison StreetNutley, NJ | No longer reported |
| 725 Bloomfield AvenueVerona, NJ | No longer reported |
| 500 Clifton AvenueClifton, NJ | No longer reported |
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 30617 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.