American Savings Bank Welcomes Residential Loan Experts

HONOLULU, April 26, 2017 – American Savings Bank (ASB) is deepening its residential loan expertise with three new additions to the ASB team. Alan Miyasaki, Ann Sakamoto and Ron Li join ASB’s team, bringing over eight decades of collective experience in the banking industry.  

Alan Miyasaki, vice president and loan center manager, is a Maui native with more than 34 years of banking experience in Hawai‘i. Miyasaki has held management positions in retail branch operations and mortgage lending and will focus his expertise on the East O‘ahu market. Miyasaki is as an affiliate member of the Honolulu Board of Realtors and the Kahala Business Association.

Ann Sakamoto, assistant vice president, residential loan team leader and senior residential loan officer joins ASB with more than 15 years of experience in the local financial industry. Sakamoto’s experience in mortgage, private banking and business banking adds tremendous value to the ASB team on Maui.

Ron Li, senior residential loan officer, brings nearly 40 years of lending experience to ASB. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Li has a passion for helping active duty military and military veterans finance the homes of their dreams through the VA lending process.

About American Savings Bank

American Savings Bank (ASB) has been serving Hawai‘i’s businesses and communities since 1925 and currently provides a full range of financial products and services, including business and consumer banking, home loans, insurance and investments. ASB is one of Hawai‘i’s leading financial institutions, with e-banking services and branch locations throughout the state offering evening, weekend and holiday hours. ASB provides Hawai‘i’s consumers and businesses with more extended weekday and weekend hours than other similarly sized local banks, as well as convenient in-store branches. ASB was the first Hawai‘i bank to introduce remote-deposit capture with a mobile banking application.

ASB matches its exceptional customer experience with an employee experience that has garnered local and national awards. ASB has been recognized locally as one of the “Best Places to Work” by Hawaii Business Magazine for eight consecutive years and honored nationally as one of the “Best Banks to Work For” by American Banker Magazine. Fortune Magazine has recognized ASB as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Women and 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity. For more than 90 years, ASB has been helping build strong communities. Through its Seeds of Service program, ASB teammates have contributed more than 29,000 hours of volunteer service, and ASB has donated millions of dollars to Hawai‘i’s nonprofits and community organizations.