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September 25, 2008

WaMu — WooHoo! er, D’oh!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Rocky Agrawal @ 8:47 pm

From the messages-you-wish-you could-unsend department: this cheerful email arrived in my mailbox shortly after I read about WaMu’s seizure by federal regulators. WaMu CEO Alan Fishman is getting an extended holiday.

Note the “amazing rate” of 4 percent. WaMu has been chasing depositors with well-above-market interest rates. The national average is 2.42%. Chase, which will be taking over WaMu, pays a relatively stingy 0.20%. (And that requires a $1,500 balance; WaMu didn’t require any.)

An email received shortly after WaMu was seized by federal regulators.

An email received shortly after WaMu was seized by federal regulators.

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