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Washington Mutual Inc. of Seattle completed its $2.17 billion merger with Houston-based Bank United Corp. More than 200 retail United Bank branches in Texas will be converted over the next few weeks to branches of Washington Mutual, which operates more than 1,100 retail branches in seven Western states and Florida.
Berks County Trust Company. Wyomissing Valley Bank, Temple State Bank, Mount Penn Trust Company, Reamstown Exchange Bank, Schuylkill Trust Company. Berks County Trust Company (1964 as American Bank and Trust Co or American Bankcorp) Wells Fargo. 1964. National Bank of Commerce. Texas National Bank.
Providian. Providian Financial Corporation was one of the leading credit card issuers in the United States when it was sold to Washington Mutual for approximately US$ 6.5 billion in October 2005. Providian was headquartered in San Francisco, California, and had more than 10 million card holders at the time of its sale.
Great Western Financial. Acquired by Washington Mutual, now JPMorgan Chase. Great Western Bank (previously known as Great Western Savings & Loan) was a large retail bank that operated primarily in the Western United States. Great Western's headquarters were in Chatsworth, California.
The acquisition was completed in October 1994. [26] After the sale, Long Beach Bank converted from a savings bank to a mortgage banking company that specialized in subprime mortgages and changed the name of the company to Long Beach Mortgage Company. Long Beach Mortgage was later acquired by Washington Mutual in 1999.
The Dime Savings Bank of New York, originally the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, was a bank headquartered in Brooklyn, New York City. It operated from 1859 to 2002. The bank was formerly headquartered at 9 DeKalb Avenue, built in 1906-08 in Downtown Brooklyn. Dime was acquired by Washington Mutual in 2002, which subsequently failed in 2008 and ...
The Washington Mutual logo prior to its 2008 acquisition by JPMorgan Chase. On September 25, 2008, JPMorgan Chase bought most of the banking operations of Washington Mutual from the receivership of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
In August 2000, Washington Mutual announced the pending acquisition of the Houston-based Bank United Corporation with its 155 branch offices, all located in Texas, for $1.49 billion in stock. [22] [23] [24] The acquisition was completed in February 2001. [25] [26]