Data / Bank failures / 1988 / Alaska Mutual Bank
Alaska Mutual Bank, Anchorage, AK: received FDIC assistance January 28, 1988
Alaska Mutual Bank in Anchorage, Alaska, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on January 28, 1988. It held $1.18 billion in assets and $924.8 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $170.7 million (14.4% of its assets). By assets it was the 21st largest of 470 banks closed or assisted in 1988.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- January 28, 1988
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- National Bank of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
- Total assets
- $1,183,368,000
- Total deposits
- $924,765,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $170,704,022 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 18462
Other bank failures in Alaska, 1986 to 1990
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Bank | Anchorage | April 21, 1989 | $779 million | $797.2 million | $75.9 million | National Bank of Alaska |
| Home Savings Bank | Anchorage | March 2, 1989 | $91.5 million | $82.7 million | $63.2 million | Security Pacific Bank Ak, N |
| First Federal Bank of Alaska | Anchorage | March 2, 1989 | $137.6 million | $192.3 million | $134 million | First NB of Anchorage |
| Alaska Statebank | Anchorage | February 3, 1989 | $90.8 million | $96.9 million | $17.3 million | Key Bank of Alaska |
| Alaska Continental Bank | Anchorage | August 3, 1988 | $51.5 million | $52.3 million | $20.5 million | First Interstate Bank of |
| United Bank Alaska (assistance) | Anchorage | January 28, 1988 | $314.3 million | $368.3 million | $170.7 million | Alliance Bank |
| First Interstate Bank of Alaska | Anchorage | December 11, 1987 | $367.7 million | $358.9 million | $104.4 million | National Bank of Alaska |
| Alaska National Bank of the North | Fairbanks | October 22, 1987 | $203.1 million | $200.2 million | $34.3 million | National Bank of Alaska |
Other failed banks National Bank of Alaska took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Bank | Anchorage | AK | April 21, 1989 | $779 million | $797.2 million | $75.9 million | National Bank of Alaska |
| First Interstate Bank of Alaska | Anchorage | AK | December 11, 1987 | $367.7 million | $358.9 million | $104.4 million | National Bank of Alaska |
| Alaska National Bank of the North | Fairbanks | AK | October 22, 1987 | $203.1 million | $200.2 million | $34.3 million | National Bank of Alaska |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.