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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.
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The FDIC sold the assets, all deposit accounts, and secured liabilities to JPMorgan Chase, but not unsecured debt or equity obligations. [39] Washington Mutual Savings Bank's closure and receivership is the largest U.S. bank failure in history. [40] Kerry Killinger, the CEO from 1988 to August 2008, had been fired by the board of directors.
In June 2001, Washington Mutual announced the pending acquisition of Dime Bancorp for $5.2 billion in cash and stock. [17] [18] The acquisition was completed in January 2002. [19] At the time of its acquisition, Dime had 123 branch offices in the New York City area in the states of New York and New Jersey. [20]
The receivership of Washington Mutual Bank by federal regulators on September 26, 2008, was the largest bank failure in U.S. history. Regulators simultaneously brokered the sale of most of the banks's assets to JPMorgan Chase, which planned to write down the value of Washington Mutual's loans at least $31 billion. [7] [8]
JPMorgan Chase: Washington Mutual: JPMorgan Chase: $1.9 Billion [41] JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2008 Fifth Third Bank: First Charter Bank: Fifth Third Bank: $1.1 billion [42] Fifth Third Bank: 2008 PNC Financial Services: National City Corp. PNC Financial Services: $5.08 billion [43] PNC Financial Services: 2008 U.S. Bancorp: Downey Savings and Loan ...
JPMorgan Chase is the result of the combination of several large U.S. banking companies that merged since 1996, combining Chase Manhattan Bank, J.P. Morgan & Co., and Bank One, as well as asset assumptions of Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, and First Republic.
The bank was acquired by Washington Mutual in 1997 for $6.8 billion. Great Western Bank was held by Great Western Financial Corporation ("GWFC"), a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware that was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol "GWF".