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What happened to Lafayette Ambassador Bank?
Lafayette Ambassador Bank in Bethlehem, PA (earlier called Lafayette Trust Company and 2 other names) merged into Fulton Bank, National Association of Lancaster, PA on Sep 14, 2019. Fulton Bank, National Association is open today.
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.
- 1922Lafayette Trust Company opens in Bethlehem, PA
- Mar 15, 1966renamed Lafayette Trust Bank
- Dec 30, 1988renamed Lafayette Bank
- Sep 11, 1998renamed Lafayette Ambassador Bank
- Sep 14, 2019MERGEDLafayette Ambassador Bank merged into Fulton Bank, National Association of Lancaster, PA.FDIC certificate 11106 ends; its business continues under certificate 7551.
- TodayOPEN
Fulton Bank, National AssociationMain office Lancaster, PA · FDIC certificate 7551 · 205 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Fulton Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fultonbank.com
If you still have something from Lafayette Ambassador Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Lafayette Ambassador Bank as lienholder, start with Fulton 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 Fulton Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Lafayette Ambassador Bank. 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 Fulton Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Lafayette Ambassador Bank 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
33 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 4127 W Tilghman StAllentown, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 4025 Jandy BlvdNazareth, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 856 S BroadwayWind Gap, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 2005 City Line RdBethlehem, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 360 Northampton StEaston, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 1945 Sullivan TrlEaston, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 1137 Chestnut StEmmaus, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 1928 Hamilton StAllentown, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 1 E Broad StBethlehem, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 4001 William Penn HwyEaston, PA | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 1995 Brookside RdMacungie, PA | No longer reported |
| 1323 Grape StreetWhitehall, PA | No longer reported |
| 2525 Nazareth RoadEaston, PA | No longer reported |
| 3727 Rt.378Bethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 4340 Newburg RdNazareth, PA | No longer reported |
| 280 Line StreetEaston, PA | No longer reported |
| 3301 Easton AvenueBethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 1309 Blue Valley DrivePen Argyl, PA | No longer reported |
| 317 E. Landis StreetCoopersburg, PA | No longer reported |
| 3397 Bath PikeBethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 1800 Butler StreetEaston, PA | No longer reported |
| 535 North 19th StreetAllentown, PA | No longer reported |
| 402 State RoadEmmaus, PA | No longer reported |
| 5500 Crawford RoadBethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 2045 City Line RoadBethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 215 South Robinson AvenuePen Argyl, PA | No longer reported |
| 2201 Northampton StreetEaston, PA | No longer reported |
| 1401 Easton AvenueBethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 1605 West Broad StreetBethlehem, PA | No longer reported |
| 230 Line StreetEaston, PA | No longer reported |
| 230 Line StreetEaston, PA | No longer reported |
| Broadway and Center StreetWind Gap, PA | No longer reported |
| R. D. 1Wind Gap, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Lafayette Ambassador Bank
3 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Ambassador Bank of the CommonwealthAllentown, PA | Sep 11, 1998 |
| The Second National Bank of NazarethNazareth, PA | Jun 3, 1991 |
| The Pen Argyl National BankPen Argyl, PA | Dec 30, 1988 |
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 11106 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.