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What happened to Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan Association?
Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan Association in Elyria, OH merged into Freedom Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbus, OH on Feb 28, 1982. The chain runs 3 steps further and ends with no operating bank.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1961Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Elyria, OH
- Feb 28, 1982MERGEDPioneer Federal Savings and Loan Association merged into Freedom Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 31303 ends; its business continues under certificate 27850.
- Feb 16, 1990FAILEDFreedom Federal Savings and Loan Association of Columbus, OH failed, and Freedom Savings Association, F.A. of Columbus, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 27850 ends; its business continues under certificate 32893.
- Aug 9, 1991RESOLVEDFreedom Savings Association, F.A. of Columbus, OH was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Household Bank, FSB of Wood Dale, IL.FDIC certificate 32893 ends; its business continues under certificate 30971.
- Jan 30, 2003CLOSEDHousehold Bank, FSB of Wood Dale, IL closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 30971 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Freedom Federal Savings and Loan Association failed on Feb 16, 1990, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Freedom Savings Association, F.A.).
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. A box abandoned for years may have been 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.
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 ▾
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 31303 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.