WaFd Bank (formerly known as Washington Federal) is a regional bank based in Seattle, Washington. It operates 210 branches in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Texas.
In January 2025, WaFd Bank announced it would exit mortgage lending after more than a century in the market, citing rising regulatory burdens and limited profitability, and refocus its business model on small business banking and commercial lending.
Acquisitions
thumb|A WaFd Bank branch in [[Portland, Oregon]]
- Seattle Federal Savings and Loan, 1971
- First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Mount Vernon, Washington, 1978
- United First Federal, Boise, Idaho, 1987
- Provident Federal Savings and Loan, Boise, 1987
- Northwest Federal Savings and Loan, Boise, 1988
- Freedom Federal Savings and Loan, Corvallis, Oregon, 1988
- Family Federal Savings and Loan Association, Dallas, Oregon, 1990
- First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1991
- Metropolitan Savings Association, Portland and Eugene, Oregon, 1991
- First Federal Savings Bank, Salt Lake City, 1993
- West Coast Mutual Savings Bank, Centralia, Washington, 1996
- Metropolitan Bancorp, Seattle, November 29, 1996
- United Savings and Loan Bank (4 branches, based in Seattle) for $65 million in 2003. Founded on July 6, 1960, it was the first savings and loan owned by Asian Americans.
- First Mutual Bank, Bellevue, Washington, 2008
- Horizon Bank (18 branches), seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after bank failure, Bellingham, Washington, 2010
- Charter Bank, 6 branches, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2011
- South Valley Bancorp Inc., Klamath Falls, Oregon, 2012
- 51 branches from Bank of America in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and New Mexico, 2013
- 23 branches from Bank of America in Arizona and Nevada, 2014
- Luther Burbank Savings in California and Washington, March 2024.