- Washington Federal Savings
Washington Federal Savings is the
savings and loan subsidiary of Washington Federal, Inc., abank holding company based inSeattle, Washington that trades on theNASDAQ under the symbol WFSL. It has operations inWashington ,Idaho ,Oregon ,Nevada ,Utah ,Arizona ,New Mexico , andTexas .Founded on
April 24 ,1917 as Ballard Savings and Loan, it kept the name of Bothell's Washington Federal Savings and Loan after merging with it in 1958. WFSL demutualized in 1982, and the present holding company structure was adopted in 1995.Merger s and acquisitions subsequent to 1958 include the following:
* Seattle Federal Savings and Loan, 1971
* First Federal Savings and Loan Association,Mount Vernon, Washington , 1978
* United First Federal,Boise, Idaho , 1987
* Provident Federal Savings and Loan, Boise, 1987
* Northwest Federal Savings and Loan, Boise, 1988
* Freedom Federal Savings and Loan,Corvallis, Oregon , 1988
* Family Federal Savings and Loan Association,Dallas, Oregon , 1990
* First Federal Savings and Loan Association,Idaho Falls, Idaho , 1991
* Metropolitan Savings Association, Portland andEugene, Oregon , 1991
* First Federal Savings Bank,Salt Lake City, Utah , 1993
* West Coast Mutual Savings Bank,Centralia, Washington , 1996On
May 20 ,2003 , Washington Federal announced its planned acquisition of the four-branch, Seattle-based United Savings and Loan Bank. United Savings, founded onJuly 6 ,1960 by Robert and Ruth J. Chinn, was the firstAsian American -owned savings and loan in theUnited States . The completion of the sale was announced that September. The reported purchase price was $65 million.WAFED is/has acquiring First Mutual Bank of Bellevue, WA. First Mutual Bank has had vast experience in making commercial real estate loans; and, operates a wholesale residential department with an emphasis in residential construction lending. This transaction was to close in the first quarter of 2008. It is believed that this acquisition will give WAFED a commercial lending ability to compliment its residential real estate lending.
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