Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Forgotten Bank Failure


NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Washington Mutual is long gone, but its lax lending could haunt us for years.

The Seattle-based institution collapsed in the largest-ever U.S. bank failure last September. WaMu ran out of cash after business customers, unnerved by the implosion of Lehman Brothers, withdrew their uninsured deposits.

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