JPMorgan Chase and its predecessor institutions have completed several of the largest and most consequential banking buyouts in modern financial history. Most notably, JPMorgan Chase acquired The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. and Washington Mutual (WaMu) during the height of the 2008 financial crisis under federal regulatory facilitation. Prior to those massive transactions, historical antecedents absorbed significant financial entities, including Bank One Corporation, Chemical Bank (which had previously merged with Manufacturers Hanover and the historic Chase Manhattan Bank), and First Chicago NBD, cementing its status as a global banking titan.