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2. Wachovia - Wikipedia

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   Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo and Company in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States, based on total assets. [3] Wachovia provided a broad range of banking, asset management, wealth management, and corporate ...

3. List of banks acquired or bankrupted during the Great ...

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   Bank of England (social housing loans) Nationwide Building Society (savings, residential mortgages, branch network) Building Society April 10, 2009: Cape Fear Bank: Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidation financial company April 10, 2009: New Frontier Bank: Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidation Bank April 17, 2009: American Sterling Bank: Metcalf ...

4. Golden West Financial - Wikipedia

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   Golden West Savings and Loan Association was purchased in 1963 for $4 million by Herbert Sandler and Marion Sandler, through their newly created corporation, Golden West Financial. Some of the capital for the acquisition came from bank loans, with the balance coming from Marion's family money. [2] Marion Sandler, a former Wall Street analyst ...

5. Washington Mutual - Wikipedia

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   Website. Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index) Washington Mutual, Inc. (often abbreviated to WaMu) was an American savings bank holding company based in Seattle. It was the parent company of WaMu Bank, which was the largest savings and loan association in the United States until its collapse in 2008.

6. Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers - Wikipedia

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   The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, also known as the Crash of '08 on September 15, 2008, was the climax of the subprime mortgage crisis. After the financial services firm was notified of a pending credit downgrade due to its heavy position in subprime mortgages, the Federal Reserve summoned several banks to negotiate financing for its ...

7. List of banks acquired or bankrupted in the United States ...

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   In addition, the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2008, citing bank debt of $613 billion and $155 billion in bond debt. The solvency of other U.S. banks was severely threatened, forcing the George W. Bush government to intervene with the $700 billion bailout plan of the Troubled Asset ...