The Bank of American Samoa no longer exists. In 1969 Bank of Hawaii

Bank of Hawaii

The Bank of Hawaii Corporation is a regional commercial bank headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is Hawaii's second oldest bank and its largest locally owned bank in that majority of the voting stockholders reside within the state...

 (BOH) acquired the bank, which then had three branches. BOH amalgamated Bank of American Samoa and now operates two branches in Pago Pago, Tutuila

Tutuila

Tutuila is the largest and the main island of American Samoa in the archipelago of Samoan Islands. It is the third largest island in the Samoan Islands chain of the Central Pacific located roughly northeast of Brisbane, Australia and over northeast of Fiji. It contains a large, natural harbor,...

.

In 1914 Governor C. D. Stearns established the bank in American Samoa

American Samoa

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...

, with its headquarters at Pago Pago. On 25 July 1929, under the direction of Governor Stephen Victor Graham

Stephen Victor Graham

Stephen Victor Graham was an United States Naval Rear Admiral and the 18th Governor of American Samoa from September 9, 1927 to August 2, 1929. Graham attended the United States Naval Academy and served on numerous ships before being posted to the governorship. As governor, he established the...

, the bank received a more solid legal foundation .

Further reading

• Bryan, Capt. Henry Francis, USN. 1927. American Samoa: A General Report by the Governor. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, p. 98.
• Noble, A.M. 1931. Codification of the Regulations and Orders for the Government of American Samoa: Customs, Immigration and Harbor Regulations, American Samoa. Printed for the Use of the American Samoan Commission. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office.
• Tschoegl, A.E. 2005. Foreign Banks in the Pacific: A Note. Journal of Pacific History.