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Washington Mutual, Inc. (Pink Sheets: WAMUQ), abbreviated to WaMu, was a savings bank holding company and the former owner of Washington Mutual Bank, which was the United States' largest savings and loan association until it became the largest bank failure in U.S. history.
On September 25, 2008, the United States Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) seized Washington Mutual Bank from Washington Mutual, Inc. and placed it into the receivership of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The OTS took the action due to the withdrawal of $16.4 billion in deposits, during a 10-day bank run (amounting to 9% of the deposits it had held on June 30, 2008).[7] The FDIC sold the banking subsidiaries (minus unsecured debt or equity claims) to JPMorgan Chase for $1.9 billion, which reopened the bank's offices the next day as JPMorgan Chase branches. The holding company, Washington Mutual, Inc. was left with $33 billion assets, and $8 billion debt, after being stripped of its banking subsidiary by the FDIC.[3][4][8][9] The next day, September 26, Washington Mutual, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 voluntary bankruptcy in Delaware, where it is incorporated.
Washington Mutual Bank's closure and receivership is the largest bank failure in American financial history.[3][4] Before the receivership action, it was the sixth-largest bank in the United States.[10] According to Washington Mutual Inc.'s 2007 SEC filing, the holding company held assets valued at $327.9 billion.
Strengths
* Strong brand equity
Weaknesses
* Low R&D
* Low market share
* Not innovative
* Weak management team
* Ubiquitiouegory, products, services
* Not fast making decisions
Opportunities
* Product and services expansion
* If Network platform market is reactivated (When? Again?)
Threats
* Lower cost competitors or imports
* Maturing categories, products, or services
* Price wars
* Product substitution
On September 25, 2008, the United States Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) seized Washington Mutual Bank from Washington Mutual, Inc. and placed it into the receivership of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The OTS took the action due to the withdrawal of $16.4 billion in deposits, during a 10-day bank run (amounting to 9% of the deposits it had held on June 30, 2008).[7] The FDIC sold the banking subsidiaries (minus unsecured debt or equity claims) to JPMorgan Chase for $1.9 billion, which reopened the bank's offices the next day as JPMorgan Chase branches. The holding company, Washington Mutual, Inc. was left with $33 billion assets, and $8 billion debt, after being stripped of its banking subsidiary by the FDIC.[3][4][8][9] The next day, September 26, Washington Mutual, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 voluntary bankruptcy in Delaware, where it is incorporated.
Washington Mutual Bank's closure and receivership is the largest bank failure in American financial history.[3][4] Before the receivership action, it was the sixth-largest bank in the United States.[10] According to Washington Mutual Inc.'s 2007 SEC filing, the holding company held assets valued at $327.9 billion.
Strengths
* Strong brand equity
Weaknesses
* Low R&D
* Low market share
* Not innovative
* Weak management team
* Ubiquitiouegory, products, services
* Not fast making decisions
Opportunities
* Product and services expansion
* If Network platform market is reactivated (When? Again?)
Threats
* Lower cost competitors or imports
* Maturing categories, products, or services
* Price wars
* Product substitution