West Virginia Code § 46-4-105

"Bank"; "depositary bank"; "intermediary bank"; "collecting bank";
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"payor bank"; "presenting bank."
In this article:
(1) "Bank" means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank,
savings and loan association, credit union or trust company;
(2) "Depositary bank" means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the payor
bank unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter;
(3) "Payor bank" means a bank that is the drawee of a draft;
(4) "Intermediary bank" means a bank to which an item is transferred in course of collection
except the depositary or payor bank; a
(5) "Collecting bank" means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank;
(6) "Presenting bank" means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.

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