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Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Yerak, Becky (2009-01-19). “Chase to close 57 WaMu branches here”. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
Killinger’s goal was to build WaMu into the “Wal-Mart of Banking”, which would cater to lower- and middle-class consumers that other banks deemed too risky. Complex mortgages and credit cards had terms that made it easy for the least creditworthy borrowers to get financing, a strategy the bank extended in big cities, including Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. WaMu pressed sales agents to approve loans while placing less emphasis on borrowers’ incomes and assets.
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Western Bank, once a model of community banking, will disappear from the state’s landscape this weekend. Workers are changing signs at 30 of the bank’s remaining 31 branches. The branches will close Friday and re-open Tuesday as Washington Mutual offices. The exception is the 300 E.
December 31, 1985. p. 1. “Washington Mutual http://gpda.journalauto.com/brexit-news-headlines/ to Buy Old Stone State Subsidiary” .
Seattle-based Washington Mutual, the largest U.S. savings and loan, said it will close 161 branches in California next year to combine outlets too close to each other after its purchase of Home Savings of America. The Seattle-based financial services company said 82 of the branches are Home Savings offices and 79 are Washington Mutual offices. The news follows the completion last week of Washington Mutual’s acquisition of Irwindale, Calif.-based H.F. Ahmanson & Co., parent of Home Savings, for $6.9 billion.
In addition, the Columbia Federal deal would add $384 million in assets and the Shoreline purchase $396 million in assets to Washington Mutual. Washington Mutual Inc. said it has signed an agreement to acquire Utah Federal Savings Bank, based in Ogden. Utah Federal, with $122.6 million in assets, has five branches and three loan offices. Washington Mutual already has 16 branches and one loan office in the state, having moved into Utah in 1995.
The acquisition of Great Western, the second-largest U.S. thrift, also bolsters Washington Mutual’s reputation as one of the most aggressive acquirers in the industry. Washington Mutual has completed 22 acquisitions and multiplied its assets more than twentyfold in 14 years.
- During the late 1990s and early 2000s, WaMu decided to aggressively expand in the subprime mortgage lending field through the acquisition of existing mortgage companies at a time when other financial institutions were leaving.
- Seattle Times.
- Washington Mutual on Saturday reached an agreement to buy Columbia Federal Savings Bank of Wenatchee for about $40 million.
- “JPMorgan Chase Acquires Banking Operations of Washington Mutual” (Press release).
- Moody’s Daily Credit Risk Score is a 1-10 score of a company’s credit risk, based on an analysis of the firm’s balance sheet and inputs from the stock market.
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The merger was effective as of Wednesday. Lane, Polly (November 12, 1990). “Washington Mutual To Buy Savings Bank In Vancouver”.
That alarmed investors and appeared to be the main factor behind the JPMorgan stock sell-off. The anxiety was heightened by Tuesday’s comments from an official in Saudi Arabia who indicated that the country did not plan to cut its oil production.
Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle, Wednesday completed its acquisition of United Western Financial Group Inc. of Salt Lake City. Plans to acquire the http://globe.international.mq.edu.au/?attachment_id=500 privately held company and its subsidiaries, which include United Savings Bank and Western Mortgage Loan Corp., were announced in early September.
The company’s previous headquarters, WaMu Tower, stands about a block away from the new building on Second Avenue. In August 2006, WaMu began using the official abbreviation of WaMu in all but legal situations.
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JPMorgan Chase executives painted a positive picture of the American economy and the bank’s business at their annual investor day, but they failed to beat back the pessimism that has battered bank shares and the broader stock market in recent months. “Washington Mutual Accounts After JPMorgan Chase Acquisition”. Washington Mutual Online Banking (blog). 2008-10-03.