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  1. Jun 20, 2012 · Washington Mutual, the country’s largest savings and loan bank, fell into the latter camp. Despite its size – the bank had $307 billion in assets – it wasn’t quite big enough to be ...

  2. Jun 11, 2012 · More than 18 months after the largest bank failure in U.S. history, regulators of the collapsed Washington Mutual Inc. faced a day of reckoning Friday, with a key lawmaker accusing them of gross incompetence. By Joe Adler. April 16.

  3. Apr 26, 2024 · On the day after WAMU failed, its holding company, Washington Mutual, Inc. ("WMI"), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Case”). WMI owned all WAMU shares of stock and was the sole equity holder of WAMU.

  4. Oct 21, 2008 · HistoryLink.org Essay 8821. Share. Washington Mutual sprang into existence in Seattle in 1889 as a two-person operation and eventually became the largest savings-and-loan in the nation. It began as Washington National Building Loan and Investment Association right after Seattle's devastating fire in 1889, dedicated to helping Seattle rebuild.

  5. Sep 26, 2008 · Tweet. On the afternoon of September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual, the nation’s largest savings and loan bank, is seized by the federal Office of Thrift Management. It is the largest bank failure in United States history. Regulators quickly sell Washington Mutual to JPMorgan Chase & Co., which has long sought to acquire it.

  6. Sep 21, 2018 · Federal regulators closed Washington Mutual at the end of the day, marking the largest banking failure in American history. JPMorgan Chase bought the bulk of the operations. Newcomers who only ...

  7. Jul 20, 2012 · Kirsten Grind's new book "The Lost Bank" is an excellent account of the failure of Washington Mutual, the biggest bank failure in U.S. history. Grind discusses her book Thursday at the main branch ...

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