Amoskeag Bank
Manchester, NH · Owner: Amoskeag Bank Shares Inc
$937M
total assets, June 30, 1991
$937M
total assets, June 30, 1991
Amoskeag Bank was a state savings bank in Manchester, NH, owned by Amoskeag Bank Shares Inc. It failed on Oct 10, 1991, and First NH Bank took over its deposits. At its last report it held $937.3 million in assets.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 · numbers as of June 30, 1991
This bank failed
- Failed on
- Oct 10, 1991
- Assets
- $937M
- Deposits
- $768M
- Estimated cost
- $191M
- Deposits went to
- First NH Bank, Concord, NH
Total assets
$937M
-21.9% in a year · -5.5% in a quarter
Deposits
$768M
-16.0% in a year · -3.8% in a quarter
Loans
$631M
-24.7% in a year · -5.9% in a quarter
Profit so far
-$48.5M
Jan 1 to Jun 30, 1991
Capital ratio
-5.57%
-8.18 pts in a year
Return on assets
-9.71%
-6.54 pts in a year
Facts
- Type
- State savings bank
- Head office
- 875 Elm Street, Manchester, NH, 03101
- County
- Hillsborough
- Holding company
- Amoskeag Bank Shares Inc
- Established
- Jun 23, 1852
- Failed
- Oct 10, 1991
- Employees
- 393
- Id
- b17178
Quarter by quarter
March 31, 1984 to June 30, 1991
Assets, deposits and loans
Each quarter end, US dollars
Profit by quarter
Net income of each quarter, the last 12
Ratios
Percent. Return on assets and net interest margin are yearly rates.
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Questions and answers
How big is Amoskeag Bank?
$937.3 million in total assets and $768.4 million in deposits as of June 30, 1991, with assets down 21.9% from a year before. Its loans were $631.4 million.
Is Amoskeag Bank profitable?
No: it lost $48.5 million from January 1 to June 30, 1991. Its return on assets was -9.71% a year; about 1% is typical.
Who owns Amoskeag Bank?
Amoskeag Bank is owned by Amoskeag Bank Shares Inc, its holding company.
When did Amoskeag Bank fail?
Oct 10, 1991. First NH Bank of Concord, NH took over its deposits. The estimated cost of the failure was $190.8 million.
Official public data from the reports every insured bank files each quarter. Profit so far runs from January 1 to the quarter end. Branch deposits are counted once a year, as of June 30. New quarters appear about two months after the quarter ends.