Top Ten Bank Failures Of All Time

Via Get Listy:
1. Washington Mutual, Seattle (2008)
Total assets: $307 billion 2. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust, Chicago (1984)
Total assets: $40.0 billion 3. First Republic Bank, Dallas (1988)
Total assets: $32.5 billion 4. IndyMac Bank, Pasadena, Calif. (2008)
Total assets: $32 billion 5. American S&LA, Stockton, Calif. (1988)
Total assets: $30.2 billion 6. Bank of New England, Boston (1991)
Total assets: $21.7 billion 7. MCorp, Dallas (1989)
Total assets: $18.5 billion 8. Gibraltar Savings, Simi Valley, Calif. (1989)
Total assets: $15.1 billion 9. First City Bancorporation, Houston (1988)
Total assets: $13.0 billion 10. Homefed Bank, San Diego (1992)
Total assets: $12.2 billionThe previous nine biggest failures together don’t equal WaMu.