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WERTHEIMER: We begin our coverage this morning with the failure of the nation's largest savings and loan. The government seized Washington Mutual, and much of the company will now be sold to JPMorgan Chase. NPR's Jim Zarroli joins me now. Jim, this is being called the largest bank failure in U.S. history.
In 1990, Citibank was the largest bank by assets, followed by Bank of America and Chase Manhattan. But it isnât hard to see how JPMorgan leaped to first place over the past 24 years: Chase merged with the two banks behind it in 1990, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company.