American Savings Bank history

Since our founding in 1927, NASB has never lost sight of what drives our success, and that is taking care of our customers by delivering superior customer service with the right financial solution.

1955-58 — American Savings & Loan Association increases account holders to 21,640 with offices on O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Island.

The state seal introduced in 1959 featured eight taro leaves.

1968 — American Savings & Loan Association branch and corporate offices open in the newly constructed Financial Plaza of the Pacific at 915 Fort Street.

In 1972, North American Savings Association built a four-story headquarters building in Grandview, Missouri.

1987 — American Savings & Loan Association announces the formation of a separate subsidiary to conduct its Hawai‘i operations.

1990 — American Savings Bank acquires First Nationwide Bank.

In January 1992, NASB became a federally chartered stock savings bank.

1997 — American Savings Bank acquires Bank of America's Hawai‘i Operations in 1997, transforming it into Hawai‘i's third-largest financial institution with a deposit base of $600,000,000.

The leaf depicted in the logo is the leaf of kalo (also known as taro or Colocasia esculenta), which has been Hawaii state plant since 2007.

2010 — President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Wacker joins the ASB ‘ohana.

2015 — ASB celebrates 90 years of serving island residents and businesses and unveils plans for the construction of a new corporate campus in Chinatown.

In 2019, NASB consolidated its two Grandview corporate offices to its larger Kansas City operations center on 104th street in Kansas City, Missouri.