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Washington Mutual, Inc. (often abbreviated to WaMu) was an American savings bank holding company based in Seattle. It was the parent company of Washington Mutual Bank , which was the largest savings and loan association in the United States until its collapse in 2008.
By September 12, 1917, it was operating under the name Washington Mutual Savings Bank. [3] In mid 2008 WaMu suffered a massive run where customers pulled out $16.7 billion in deposits in a ten-day span. On the night of September 25th the Office of Thrift Supervision seized WaMu Bank and placed it into the receivership of the FDIC.
In 1998, Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual (WaMu) purchased HF Ahmanson and its Home Savings unit for $10 billion. As a result of this takeover and those of American Savings and Great Western Financial, Washington Mutual became California’s second largest bank. At the time, HF Ahmanson had $55 billion in assets. [9]
But that's impossible because Washington Mutual Bank FA changed its name in 2004, and by any name WaMu ceased to exist in 2008, when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took it over. Making the ...
Bank United Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas, was a broad-based financial services provider and the largest publicly traded depository institution headquartered in Texas before its merger with Washington Mutual in 2001. [1] Bank United Corp. conducted its business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank United, a federally ...
Kerry Killinger (born June 6, 1949) is an American businessman and author. He is founder and CEO of Crescent Capital Associates, [1] and previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Washington Mutual from 1990 until 2008.
Aug. 15—Washington Trust Bank gave the city's skyline a new look this month with bold new paint and letters changing the name of what was the Wells Fargo building. The high-rise was purchased in ...
In 2023, more than 210,000 Washington workers took advantage of the benefit, with the state paying out close to $1.5 billion, up 24% from the previous year. Earlier this year, ...