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Bank of America cardholders can visit five Chicago area museums for free. When?
CHICAGO ( WGN) — Bank of America is offering free general admission entry to five Chicago area museums this weekend for its cardholders. As part of their Museums on Us campaign, the offer is valid on ...
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JPMorgan buys WaMu
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- JPMorgan Chase acquired the banking assets of Washington Mutual late Thursday after the troubled thrift was seized by federal regulators, marking the biggest bank ...
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FDIC sues PulteGroup over Washington Mutual Bank collapse
sold “defective loans” funded by Washington Mutual into RMBS trusts. Deutsche Bank served as a trustee on these trusts, which included at least 24 mortgage loans brokered by CTX. The FDIC is ...
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How First Republic ended up as the second-largest bank takeover in history after Washington Mutual
As of Dec. 31, First Republic FRC was ranked as the 14th largest bank in the U.S. by the Federal Reserve with consolidated assets of nearly $213 billion. Washington Mutual had $307 billion of ...
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Fact check: False claim Silicon Valley Bank first ‘massive bank collapse this century’
Washington Mutual Bank's 2008 failure was larger, in terms of assets, than the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. Washington Mutual Bank had more assets when it failed in 2008 Silicon Valley Bank and ...
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Lessons from WaMu: Historic financial failure offers clues to what’s next for Silicon Valley Bank
The government takeover and subsequent acquisition of Washington Mutual in 2008 could serve as a potential blueprint for the future of Silicon Valley Bank. The economic forces behind the two ...
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Even after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, WaMu’s is still the biggest
Silicon Valley Bank collapse leaves start-ups scrambling to pay workers In 2008, Washington Mutual, the country’s largest savings and loans bank at the time, held roughly $309 billion in assets ...
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Silicon Valley Bank branches closed by regulator in biggest bank failure since Washington Mutual
Silicon Valley Bank has been closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has been appointed receiver ...
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Washington Mutual removes CEO Killinger
Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, removed Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation's largest savings and loan Monday, adding him to the growing list of banking ...
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Bolingbrook bank robbed by 3 men who tied up workers, FBI says
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- Police are searching for three armed robbers who held up a bank in Bolingbrook Tuesday morning and tied up the bank employees. According to the FBI, three men armed with ...
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JPMorgan ends WaMu disputes with FDIC, to receive $645 million
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) on Friday said it will receive $645 million in a settlement of litigation with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp and Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) arising ...