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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.
WaMu was the largest financial institution overseen by the Office of Thrift Supervision, and WaMu's fees paid for 12% to 15% of the agency's budget, Levin said. "OTS was a feeble regulator," he said.
Washington Mutual: Seattle: Washington: 2008 $307 billion $434 billion [3] First Republic Bank: San Francisco: California: 2023 $229 billion $229 billion [4] [5] Silicon Valley Bank: Santa Clara: California: 2023 $209 billion $209 billion [6] Signature Bank: New York: New York: 2023 $118 billion $118 billion [7] Continental Illinois National ...
After assessing that a disorderly failure of AIG could worsen the current financial and economic crisis, [38] and at the request of AIG, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York intervened. The Federal Reserve required a 79.9 percent equity stake as a fee for service and to compensate for the risk of the loan to AIG.
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While CEO of Washington Mutual in 2007, Killinger earned a total compensation of $14,364,883. [13] In 2008, he took home $25.1 million in compensation. Killinger received a $15.3 million severance payment in September 2008 "as well as a $445,200 lump-sum payment for vacation benefits and a $300,669 'special payment'".
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) was cited in the Report as a major culprit in financial collapse, for their "failure to stop the unsafe and unsound practices that led to the demise of Washington Mutual" While OTS identified over 500 deficiencies at WaMu, they did not take any regulatory action against the bank. OTS repeatedly requested ...