> the system worked

As in: none of the scum responsible was strung up and all the dipshits that caused all of it were bailed out, you mean.

what bank failures in 2008? in the US? cite please

It is wrong to ask for citations when the answer is so darn easy to get. The first result of the text of your question “[US] bank failures in 2008” yields the answer on any major search engine. Citations should only be asked when due diligence takes longer than 2 seconds.

We used to call them "bank failure Fridays". They occurred weekly for a not-so-brief period in 2008. Sometimes 3 or 4 in a single weekend.

Do you know why Wachovia is not included in the Wikipedia list of the 2008 financial crisis list of bank failures? I remember when that failed and I was watching tv.

Wachovia failed but because of its size and scope the FDIC couldn't do a simple weekend takeover. Instead, they forced it to sell to Wells Fargo for virtually nothing before it actually went under. It was a different sort of bank failure given its interconnectedness with investment banking.

Similar to the way Merrill Lynch was forced into a shotgun marriage with Bank of America to avoid a collapse, and a number of similar firms during the collapse of Wall Street.

Ah okay right. I just read up on Wachovia and it seems like that’s what the Govt tried doing with Citi. Then WF came in and paid much more. I’m not saying this to say you’re wrong, just what I read as someone who doesn’t know this stuff. And overall your point is correct the Govt was trying to do that and then it seems they then didn’t let Citi fight for Wachovia properly because they were happy WF was buying them.

Yeah the Merrill Lynch one I am more familiar with and how much it has cost BoA

Washington Mutual was the biggest bank failure in US history at the time but there were many other smaller failures too