Bank Branches › Closed and merged banks › Alaska › Arctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association
What happened to Arctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association?
Arctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Fairbanks, AK merged into First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Anchorage, AK on May 31, 1981. After 1 more change of hands, what was Arctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association is today part of First National Bank Alaska (Anchorage, AK).
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.
- 1958Arctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Fairbanks, AK
- May 31, 1981MERGEDArctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association merged into First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Anchorage, AK.FDIC certificate 31017 ends; its business continues under certificate 30856.
- Jan 12, 1990RESOLVEDFirst Federal Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed First Federal Bank of Alaska, Savings Bank) of Anchorage, AK was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The First National Bank of Anchorage of Anchorage, AK.FDIC certificate 30856 ends; its business continues under certificate 16130. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Mar 2, 1989.
- TodayOPEN
First National Bank AlaskaMain office Anchorage, AK · FDIC certificate 16130 · 27 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every First National Bank Alaska office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fnbalaska.com
If you still have something from Arctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
First Federal Bank of Alaska, Savings Bank failed on Mar 2, 1989, 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. Ask First National Bank Alaska as well: the chain above leads there. 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, The First National Bank of Anchorage). Start with First National Bank Alaska, and ask them to search under the name Arctic First Federal Savings and Loan Association.
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. Today, ask First National Bank Alaska. 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.
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.
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 31017 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.