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WaMu, other banks motivated by greed, financial crisis probe concludes

By David Heath

WaMu, other bankers knowingly sold bad loans, Senate probe of crisis concludes

WaMu bank executives aware of rampant fraud

By David Heath

WaMu bank executives aware of rampant fraud but failed to act

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mortgage loan":

"… acked securities. In 2003, Washington Mutual halted the sale of Long Beach Mortgage loans to Wall Street in 2003 and sent in a legal team for three months to try t …"

"The Monster": A guide to the subprime crisis

By Julie Vorman

Congratulations to my Center for Public Integrity colleague, Michael Hudson, whose new book debuted today as the No. 1 bestseller on Amazon.
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Goldman settlement sends shiver through banking world

By John Dunbar

Goldman Sachs & Company’s agreement to pay up to $60 million to settle a Massachusetts investigation of subprime lending sends a sobering me

One year later: A meltdown retrospective

By Kat Aaron

Today marks a year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history. As President Obama delivers a major speech

Auto dealers should be happy

By Bill Buzenberg

One of the biggest winners in the new financial services overhaul bill are the nation’s auto dealerships, which are now exempt from oversigh

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interest rates":

"… es tactics such as:Unapproved charges and fees slipped into loan documents;Interest rates jacked up to 17 percent or higher without customer knowledge;Income amount …"

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A good time to be a white-collar criminal?

By Nick Schwellenbach

The Securities and Exchange Commission has said that it failed to pursue a variety of allegations about Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi schem

Commentary: The mega-banks behind the meltdown

By Bill Buzenberg

How Wall Street's greed fueled the subprime disaster

About this project

A look behind the Center's reporting on subprime lenders

Methodology

By David Donald

How the Center compiled data for Financial Meltdown articles

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