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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 1998
                                                    Registration No. 333-______
                                                    Registration No. 333-______

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


       D&N FINANCIAL CORPORATION                   D&N CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified          (Exact name of Registrant as
            in its charter)                       specified in its charter)

               DELAWARE                                   DELAWARE
   (State or other jurisdiction of            (State or other jurisdiction of
      incorporation or organization)             incorporation or organization)

            ---------------                            ---------------
              34-2790646                                 31-1517665
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
                           ---------------------------
                                400 Quincy Street
                             Hancock, Michigan 49930
                                 (906) 482-2700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)

                          D&N BANK 401(k) PLAN & TRUST
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            James S. Fleischer, P.C.
                           John S. Pettibone III, Esq.
                         Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
      (a limited liability partnership including professional corporations)
                            1100 New York Ave., N.W.
                             Washington, D.C. 20005
                     (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (202) 414-6100
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                                PROPOSED            PROPOSED
                                                                 MAXIMUM             MAXIMUM
     TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE           AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE         AGGREGATE            AMOUNT OF
             REGISTERED                   REGISTERED            PER SHARE        OFFERING PRICE      REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------------------ --------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ---------------------
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D&N Financial Corporation
 Common Stock, $.01 par value          160,000 shares(1)       $27.375(2)         $4,380,000(2)          $1,293(2)
D&N Capital Corporation
 Preferred Stock, $25 par value         20,000 shares(1)        $26.25(3)           $525,000(3)           $ 155(3)
Interests in Plan(4)                        N/A(4)                 N/A                 N/A                  N/A(4)
==================================== ===================== =================== =================== =====================
(1)  Estimated maximum aggregate number of shares of D&N Financial Corporation
     ("D&N") common stock and D&N Capital Corporation ("Capital") preferred
     stock purchasable with employee and employer contributions under the Plan
     during the next 60 months.
(2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), solely for the purpose of
     calculating the registration fee at $27.375 per share, which was the
     average of the high and low prices of the D&N common stock on April 13,
     1998, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
(3)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), solely for the purpose of
     calculating the registration fee at $26.25 per share, which was the average
     of the high and low prices of the Capital preferred stock on April 13,
     1998, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
(4)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
     interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
     described herein. In accordance with Rule 457(h)(2) no separate fee
     calculation is made for plan interests.

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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

         The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the D&N Bank 401(k) Plan and Trust
(the "Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").

         Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission, but
constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3.       Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

        The following documents previously or concurrently filed by D&N
Financial Corporation (the "Company") with the Commission to the Registration
Statement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(a)     the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
        December 31, 1997 (File No. 0-17137) filed pursuant to Rule 13a-1 of the
        Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");

(b)     all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
        Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
        Report referred to above;

(c)     the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
        Stockholders held on April 30, 1998;

(d)     the description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
        Registrant contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
        S-2 (File No. 33-69300) filed with the Commission on September 23, 1993
        and all amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating
        such description; and

(e)     the Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the plan year ended December 
        31, 1996.

        The following documents previously or concurrently filed by D&N Capital
Corporation ("Capital") with the Commission to the Registration Statement and
hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(a)     Capital's Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed with the 
        Commission on April 29, 1997 (SEC NO. 333-26039);

(b)     Capital's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
        31, 1997 (File No. 0-22767) filed pursuant to Rule 13a-1 of the Exchange
        Act; and

(c)     all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
        Exchange Act since the filing of the registration statement referred to
        above (File No. 0-22767).

        All documents subsequently filed by the Company and Capital
(collectively, the "Registrant") with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein
or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this

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Registration Statement and the Prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

        The Registrant shall furnish without charge to each person to whom the
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other than exhibits to
such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference
to the information that is incorporated). Requests should be directed to the
Corporate Secretary, D&N Financial Corporation, 400 Quincy Street, Hancock,
Michigan 49930, telephone number (906) 482-2700.

        All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the
Prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including
financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.

Item 4.       Description of Securities.

        Not Applicable.

Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not Applicable.

Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section Ten of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrant against any and all
liabilities, judgments, fines and reasonable settlements, costs, expenses and
attorneys' fees incurred in any actual, threatened or potential proceeding,
except to the extent that such indemnification is limited by Delaware law and
such law cannot be varied by contract or bylaw. Section Ten also provides for
the authority to purchase insurance with respect thereto.

        Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
authorizes a corporation's board of directors to grant indemnity under certain
circumstances to directors and officers, when made, or threatened to be made,
parties to certain proceedings by reason of such status with the corporation,
against judgments, fines, settlements and expenses, including attorneys' fees.
In addition, under certain circumstances such persons may be indemnified against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defense of a proceeding by or on
behalf of the corporation. Similarly, the corporation, under certain
circumstances, is authorized to indemnify directors and officers of other
corporations or enterprises who are serving as such at the request of the
corporation, when such persons are made, or threatened to be made, parties to
certain proceedings by reason of such status, against judgments, fines,
settlements and expenses, including attorneys' fees; and under certain
circumstances, such persons may be indemnified against expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of a proceeding
by or in the right of such other corporation or enterprise. Indemnification is
permitted where such person (i) was acting in good

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faith; (ii) was acting in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation or other corporation or
enterprise, as appropriate; (iii) with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; and (iv) was not adjudged
to be liable to the corporation or other corporation or enterprise (unless the
court where the proceeding was brought determines that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity).

        Unless ordered by a court, indemnification may be made only following a
determination that such indemnification is permissible because the person being
indemnified has met the requisite standard of conduct. Such determination may be
made (i) by the corporation's board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors not at the time parties to such proceeding; or (ii) if
such a quorum cannot be obtained or the quorum so directs, then by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion; or (iii) by the stockholders.

        Section 145 also permits expenses incurred by directors and officers in
defending a proceeding to be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such proceedings upon the receipt of an undertaking by the
director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he
is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation against such expenses.

        Under a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy, directors
and officers of the Company and Capital are insured against certain liabilities,
including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.

        Section 6.2 of Capital's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification of any director, officer, employee or agent of Capital or any
other person who is serving at the request of Capital in any such capacity with
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
(including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan) to the fullest extent
permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or as it may
hereafter be amended, and any such indemnification may continue as to any person
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and may inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not Applicable.


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Item 8.       Exhibits.


   Regulation S-K                                                                  Reference to Prior Filing or
     Exhibit                                                                         Exhibit Number Attached
     Number                                     Document                                       Hereto
------------------                              --------                           ----------------------------
<S>                        <C>                                                       <C> 
       4                   Instruments Defining the Rights of Security
                           Holders, Including Indentures:

                           4.1 Certificate of Incorporation of D&N                               *
                               Financial Corporation

                           4.2 Certificate of Incorporation of D&N                               **
                               Capital Corporation

                           4.3 Bylaws of D&N Financial Corporation                               *

                           4.4 Bylaws of D&N Capital Corporation                                 **

                           4.5 D&N Bank 401(k) Plan and Trust                           Attached as Exhibit 4.5

       5                   Opinion of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.                   Attached as Exhibit 5

      23                   Consents of Experts and Counsel:

                            Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.                  (Included in Exhibit 5)

                            Consent of Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P.                       Attached as Exhibit 23.2

      24                   Power of Attorney                                           Contained on Signature Page

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*   Filed as exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (File
    No. 33-69300) filed with the Commission on September 23, 1993 and all
    amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
    description. All of such previously filed documents are hereby incorporated
    herein by reference in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
**  Filed as exhibits to Capital's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No.
    333-26039) filed with the Commission on April 29, 1997 and all amendments
    thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. All
    of such previously filed documents are hereby incorporated herein by
    reference in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

        The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order
to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

Item 9.       Undertakings.

(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement to include any material information with respect to
                  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement.

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         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
                  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                  securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
         determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
         Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
         of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
         registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
         statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
         of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
         fide offering thereof.

(c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
         the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
         registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
         indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
         Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
         registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
         controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
         action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
         the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
         has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
         appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
         be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Hancock, State of Michigan, on April 15, 1998.

                                 D&N FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                                 By: /s/ George J. Butvilas
                                     --------------------------------         
                                     George J. Butvilas, Director, President and
                                     Chief Executive Officer (Duly Authorized
                                     Representative)


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints George J. Butvilas and Peter L. Lemmer,
or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes or substitute may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date as indicated.


By:      /s/ George J. Butvilas                      Date:  April 15, 1998
         ------------------------------------               --------------
         George J. Butvilas
         Chief Executive Officer,
         President And Director
         (Principal Executive and Operating Officer)



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By:/s/ Kenneth D. Seaton                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Kenneth D. Seaton
         Chairman of The Board


By:/s/ Joseph C. Bromley                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Joseph C. Bromley
         Director

By:/s/ B. Thomas M. Smith, Jr.                       Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         B. Thomas M. Smith, Jr.
         Director


By:/s/ Stanley A. Jacobson                           Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Stanley A. Jacobson
         Director


By:/s/ Peter Van Pelt                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Peter Van Pelt
         Director


By:/s/ Randolph P. Piper                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Randolph P. Piper
         Director


By:/s/ Steven E. Zack                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Steven E. Zack
         Director


By:/s/ Mary P. Cauley                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Mary P. Cauley
         Director


By:/s/ Steven Coleman                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Steven Coleman
         Director


By:/s/ Kenneth R. Janson                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Kenneth R. Janson
         Executive Vice President and
          Chief Financial Officer
         (Chief Financial and Accounting Officer)

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                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Hancock, State of Michigan, on April 15, 1998.


                                  D&N CAPITAL CORPORATION
    

                                  By: /s/ Kenneth R. Janson
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Kenneth R. Janson, Director, President and
                                      Chief Executive Officer (Duly Authorized
                                      Representative)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth R. Janson and Peter L. Lemmer, or
either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes or substitute may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date as indicated.


By:/s/ Kenneth R. Janson                                 Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------                         --------------
         Kenneth R. Janson
         Chief Executive Officer,
         President And Director
         (Principal Executive and Operating Officer)



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By:/s/ George J. Butvilas                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         George J. Butvilas
         Chairman of the Board
             And Director


By:/s/ Richard E. West                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         Richard E. West
         Vice President and Director


By:/s/ Gail A. Mroz                                   Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         Gail A. Mroz
         Director



By:/s/ James Bogan                                    Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         James Bogan
         Director


By:/s/ William J. McGarry                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         William J. McGarry
         Director


By:/s/ Daniel D. Greenlee                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         Daniel D. Greenlee
         Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer




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                                   SIGNATURES


        The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan, have
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hancock, State of
Michigan on April 15, 1998.

401(k) PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE



By: /s/ George J. Butvilas                    By: /s/ John R. Clemmer
   ------------------------------                 ---------------------------
   George J. Butvilas                             John R. Clemmer




By:                                           By: /s/ Peter W. Smith
   ------------------------------                ----------------------------
    Mary Jo Kristapovich                         Peter W. Smith




                            By: /s/ Donald W. Schulze
                                -----------------------
                                Donald W. Schulze


BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF DES MOINES,
IOWA, TRUSTEE




By: /s/ Patty Ashbaugh
    ------------------------
    Name:  Patty Ashbaugh
    Title: Assistant Vice President
           and Trust Officer

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



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                                    EXHIBITS


                                       TO


                                    FORM S-8


                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT


                                      UNDER


                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933




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                            D&N FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                             D&N CAPITAL CORPORATION






                                      

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


    Exhibit
     Number
    -------
      4.5      D&N Bank 401(k) Plan & Trust 
      5        Opinion of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
      23.1     Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit
               5)
      23.2     Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 1998
                                                    Registration No. 333-______
                                                    Registration No. 333-______

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

       D&N FINANCIAL CORPORATION                   D&N CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified          (Exact name of Registrant as
            in its charter)                       specified in its charter)

               DELAWARE                                   DELAWARE
   (State or other jurisdiction of            (State or other jurisdiction of
      incorporation or organization)             incorporation or organization)

            ---------------                            ---------------
              34-2790646                                 31-1517665
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
                           ---------------------------
                                400 Quincy Street
                             Hancock, Michigan 49930
                                 (906) 482-2700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)

                          D&N BANK 401(k) PLAN & TRUST
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            James S. Fleischer, P.C.
                           John S. Pettibone III, Esq.
                         Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
      (a limited liability partnership including professional corporations)
                            1100 New York Ave., N.W.
                             Washington, D.C. 20005
                     (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (202) 414-6100
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PROPOSED            PROPOSED
                                                                 MAXIMUM             MAXIMUM
     TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE           AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE         AGGREGATE            AMOUNT OF
             REGISTERED                   REGISTERED            PER SHARE        OFFERING PRICE      REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------------------ --------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ---------------------
D&N Financial Corporation
 Common Stock, $.01 par value          160,000 shares(1)       $27.375(2)         $4,380,000(2)          $1,293(2)
D&N Capital Corporation
 Preferred Stock, $25 par value         20,000 shares(1)        $26.25(3)           $525,000(3)           $ 155(3)
Interests in Plan(4)                        N/A(4)                 N/A                 N/A                  N/A(4)
==================================== ===================== =================== =================== =====================
(1)  Estimated maximum aggregate number of shares of D&N Financial Corporation
     ("D&N") common stock and D&N Capital Corporation ("Capital") preferred
     stock purchasable with employee and employer contributions under the Plan
     during the next 60 months.
(2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), solely for the purpose of
     calculating the registration fee at $27.375 per share, which was the
     average of the high and low prices of the D&N common stock on April 13,
     1998, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
(3)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), solely for the purpose of
     calculating the registration fee at $26.25 per share, which was the average
     of the high and low prices of the Capital preferred stock on April 13,
     1998, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
(4)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
     interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
     described herein. In accordance with Rule 457(h)(2) no separate fee
     calculation is made for plan interests.
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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

         The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the D&N Bank 401(k) Plan and Trust
(the "Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").

         Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission, but
constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3.       Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

        The following documents previously or concurrently filed by D&N
Financial Corporation (the "Company") with the Commission to the Registration
Statement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(a)     the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
        December 31, 1997 (File No. 0-17137) filed pursuant to Rule 13a-1 of the
        Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");

(b)     all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
        Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
        Report referred to above;

(c)     the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
        Stockholders held on April 30, 1998;

(d)     the description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
        Registrant contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
        S-2 (File No. 33-69300) filed with the Commission on September 23, 1993
        and all amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating
        such description; and

(e)     the Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the plan year ended December 
        31, 1996.

        The following documents previously or concurrently filed by D&N Capital
Corporation ("Capital") with the Commission to the Registration Statement and
hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(a)     Capital's Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed with the 
        Commission on April 29, 1997 (SEC NO. 333-26039);

(b)     Capital's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
        31, 1997 (File No. 0-22767) filed pursuant to Rule 13a-1 of the Exchange
        Act; and

(c)     all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
        Exchange Act since the filing of the registration statement referred to
        above (File No. 0-22767).

        All documents subsequently filed by the Company and Capital
(collectively, the "Registrant") with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein
or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this

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Registration Statement and the Prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

        The Registrant shall furnish without charge to each person to whom the
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other than exhibits to
such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference
to the information that is incorporated). Requests should be directed to the
Corporate Secretary, D&N Financial Corporation, 400 Quincy Street, Hancock,
Michigan 49930, telephone number (906) 482-2700.

        All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the
Prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including
financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.

Item 4.       Description of Securities.

        Not Applicable.

Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not Applicable.

Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section Ten of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrant against any and all
liabilities, judgments, fines and reasonable settlements, costs, expenses and
attorneys' fees incurred in any actual, threatened or potential proceeding,
except to the extent that such indemnification is limited by Delaware law and
such law cannot be varied by contract or bylaw. Section Ten also provides for
the authority to purchase insurance with respect thereto.

        Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
authorizes a corporation's board of directors to grant indemnity under certain
circumstances to directors and officers, when made, or threatened to be made,
parties to certain proceedings by reason of such status with the corporation,
against judgments, fines, settlements and expenses, including attorneys' fees.
In addition, under certain circumstances such persons may be indemnified against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defense of a proceeding by or on
behalf of the corporation. Similarly, the corporation, under certain
circumstances, is authorized to indemnify directors and officers of other
corporations or enterprises who are serving as such at the request of the
corporation, when such persons are made, or threatened to be made, parties to
certain proceedings by reason of such status, against judgments, fines,
settlements and expenses, including attorneys' fees; and under certain
circumstances, such persons may be indemnified against expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of a proceeding
by or in the right of such other corporation or enterprise. Indemnification is
permitted where such person (i) was acting in good

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faith; (ii) was acting in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation or other corporation or
enterprise, as appropriate; (iii) with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; and (iv) was not adjudged
to be liable to the corporation or other corporation or enterprise (unless the
court where the proceeding was brought determines that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity).

        Unless ordered by a court, indemnification may be made only following a
determination that such indemnification is permissible because the person being
indemnified has met the requisite standard of conduct. Such determination may be
made (i) by the corporation's board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors not at the time parties to such proceeding; or (ii) if
such a quorum cannot be obtained or the quorum so directs, then by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion; or (iii) by the stockholders.

        Section 145 also permits expenses incurred by directors and officers in
defending a proceeding to be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such proceedings upon the receipt of an undertaking by the
director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he
is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation against such expenses.

        Under a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy, directors
and officers of the Company and Capital are insured against certain liabilities,
including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.

        Section 6.2 of Capital's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification of any director, officer, employee or agent of Capital or any
other person who is serving at the request of Capital in any such capacity with
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
(including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan) to the fullest extent
permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or as it may
hereafter be amended, and any such indemnification may continue as to any person
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and may inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not Applicable.

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Item 8.       Exhibits.

   Regulation S-K                                                                  Reference to Prior Filing or
     Exhibit                                                                         Exhibit Number Attached
     Number                                     Document                                       Hereto
------------------                              --------                           ----------------------------
4                   Instruments Defining the Rights of Security
                           Holders, Including Indentures:

                           4.1 Certificate of Incorporation of D&N                               *
                               Financial Corporation

                           4.2 Certificate of Incorporation of D&N                               **
                               Capital Corporation

                           4.3 Bylaws of D&N Financial Corporation                               *

                           4.4 Bylaws of D&N Capital Corporation                                 **

                           4.5 D&N Bank 401(k) Plan and Trust                           Attached as Exhibit 4.5

       5                   Opinion of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.                   Attached as Exhibit 5

      23                   Consents of Experts and Counsel:

                            Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.                  (Included in Exhibit 5)

                            Consent of Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P.                       Attached as Exhibit 23.2

      24                   Power of Attorney                                           Contained on Signature Page
------------------------
*   Filed as exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (File
    No. 33-69300) filed with the Commission on September 23, 1993 and all
    amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
    description. All of such previously filed documents are hereby incorporated
    herein by reference in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
**  Filed as exhibits to Capital's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No.
    333-26039) filed with the Commission on April 29, 1997 and all amendments
    thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. All
    of such previously filed documents are hereby incorporated herein by
    reference in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

        The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order
to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

Item 9.       Undertakings.

(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement to include any material information with respect to
                  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement.

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         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
                  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                  securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
         determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
         Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
         of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
         registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
         statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
         of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
         fide offering thereof.

(c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
         the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
         registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
         indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
         Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
         registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
         controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
         action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
         the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
         has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
         appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
         be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Hancock, State of Michigan, on April 15, 1998.

                                 D&N FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                 By: /s/ George J. Butvilas
                                     --------------------------------         
                                     George J. Butvilas, Director, President and
                                     Chief Executive Officer (Duly Authorized
                                     Representative)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints George J. Butvilas and Peter L. Lemmer,
or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes or substitute may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date as indicated.

By:      /s/ George J. Butvilas                      Date:  April 15, 1998
         ------------------------------------               --------------
         George J. Butvilas
         Chief Executive Officer,
         President And Director
         (Principal Executive and Operating Officer)

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By:/s/ Kenneth D. Seaton                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Kenneth D. Seaton
         Chairman of The Board

By:/s/ Joseph C. Bromley                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Joseph C. Bromley
         Director

By:/s/ B. Thomas M. Smith, Jr.                       Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         B. Thomas M. Smith, Jr.
         Director

By:/s/ Stanley A. Jacobson                           Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Stanley A. Jacobson
         Director

By:/s/ Peter Van Pelt                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Peter Van Pelt
         Director

By:/s/ Randolph P. Piper                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Randolph P. Piper
         Director

By:/s/ Steven E. Zack                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Steven E. Zack
         Director

By:/s/ Mary P. Cauley                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Mary P. Cauley
         Director

By:/s/ Steven Coleman                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Steven Coleman
         Director

By:/s/ Kenneth R. Janson                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------               --------------
         Kenneth R. Janson
         Executive Vice President and
          Chief Financial Officer
         (Chief Financial and Accounting Officer)

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                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Hancock, State of Michigan, on April 15, 1998.

                                  D&N CAPITAL CORPORATION
    

                                  By: /s/ Kenneth R. Janson
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Kenneth R. Janson, Director, President and
                                      Chief Executive Officer (Duly Authorized
                                      Representative)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth R. Janson and Peter L. Lemmer, or
either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes or substitute may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date as indicated.

By:/s/ Kenneth R. Janson                                 Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------                         --------------
         Kenneth R. Janson
         Chief Executive Officer,
         President And Director
         (Principal Executive and Operating Officer)

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By:/s/ George J. Butvilas                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         George J. Butvilas
         Chairman of the Board
             And Director

By:/s/ Richard E. West                                Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         Richard E. West
         Vice President and Director

By:/s/ Gail A. Mroz                                   Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         Gail A. Mroz
         Director

By:/s/ James Bogan                                    Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         James Bogan
         Director

By:/s/ William J. McGarry                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         William J. McGarry
         Director

By:/s/ Daniel D. Greenlee                             Date:  April 15, 1998
   ------------------------------------------                --------------
         Daniel D. Greenlee
         Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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                                   SIGNATURES

        The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan, have
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hancock, State of
Michigan on April 15, 1998.

401(k) PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

By: /s/ George J. Butvilas                    By: /s/ John R. Clemmer
   ------------------------------                 ---------------------------
   George J. Butvilas                             John R. Clemmer

By:                                           By: /s/ Peter W. Smith
   ------------------------------                ----------------------------
    Mary Jo Kristapovich                         Peter W. Smith

                            By: /s/ Donald W. Schulze
                                -----------------------
                                Donald W. Schulze

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF DES MOINES,
IOWA, TRUSTEE

By: /s/ Patty Ashbaugh
    ------------------------
    Name:  Patty Ashbaugh
    Title: Assistant Vice President
           and Trust Officer

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    EXHIBITS

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                            D&N FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                             D&N CAPITAL CORPORATION
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    Exhibit
     Number
    -------
      4.5      D&N Bank 401(k) Plan & Trust 
      5        Opinion of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
      23.1     Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit
               5)
      23.2     Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.