Article: California Reinvestment Committee Asks: Washington Mutual's $375 Billion - Trick or Treat?

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ --

The following is being issued by California Reinvestment Committee:

Halloween is the last day for consumers to comment on Washington Mutual Bank's (WAMU) purchase of Dime Bancorp and North American Mortgage to federal bank regulators. Washington Mutual has announced a $375 billion unilateral ten-year community commitment. The California Reinvestment Committee (CRC) believes consumers better watch out because this bank statement is a trick that offers little to underserved communities.

Does WAMU's folksy image conceal a trickster that flashes big dollars that camouflage considerable problems for underserved ...

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