Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo is one of the largest banks in the United States, with approximately $1.9 trillion in balance sheet assets. The company is split into four primary segments: consumer banking, commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, and wealth and investment management.
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Lester Owens, who is scheduled to join the bank in July, will report to Chief Operating Officer Scott Powell. He will be charged with implementing a more unified structure across the 260,000-person company.
April 27 -
Use of banks' mobile apps and websites has risen about a third since the coronavirus crisis began, according to J.D. Power.
April 27 -
Ben Soccorsy, head of digital payments in Wells Fargo’s virtual channels group, explains how the bank's 15 data-sharing agreements with fintechs and aggregators and tools like Control Tower give customers visibility into and control over their financial information.
April 21 -
Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp were also named in a lawsuit filed in Sunday in which the banks are accused of prioritizing large loans distributed through the Paycheck Protection Program in order to maximize fees.
April 20 -
Brian Smith, who spent the past decade with Regions Financial, will head the bank's government relations and public policy team.
April 17 -
Large institutions say their strong capital positions allow them to reward investors, and the Fed agrees. But critics say this is the time to be preparing for a sharp downturn and continue helping those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
April 17 -
The two large banks are holding off for a month on collecting on negative balances to ensure that customers receive the full amount of government payments deposited into their accounts.
April 15 -
The two U.S. banks set aside a combined $10 billion for future loan losses, which may not even be enough; a proxy firm says the Swiss bank did not adequately punish former executives for spying scandal.
April 15 -
Its prediction that business conditions will remain weak this year — and into next year — stands in stark contrast to forecasts from political leaders that the economy will rebound quickly from the coronavirus pandemic.
April 14 -
The results preview a tough first year for new CEO Charlie Scharf as the coronavirus pandemic brings the U.S. economy to a standstill.
April 14 -
Just days after the Fed lifted Wells Fargo's asset cap so it could make more Paycheck Protection Program loans, it warned customers its queue is long and they may want to go elsewhere before program funds are exhausted.
April 13 -
The Federal Reserve is temporarily altering the growth restriction it placed on Wells Fargo in 2018 so that the bank can make additional loans to small and midsize business that need funding to weather the coronavirus pandemic.
April 8 -
Parties talking about a temporary lift of Wells' asset cap; GDP would have to drop an “unlikely” 35% in Q2 before JPMorgan would be forced to stop payouts.
April 7 -
Wells Fargo said it can't fully meet demand from small businesses rushing to participate in a U.S. relief program because of constraints imposed by the Federal Reserve on the bank's growth.
April 6 -
Banks will tell the Fed they would remain strong after payouts; customers would need $250,000 in liquid assets on deposit at the bank to qualify to refinance.
April 6 -
Banks, under pressure to act hastily, began taking applications for government aid to small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. But narrow eligibility rules at some banks angered business owners and lawmakers.
April 3 -
Emergency loan program plagued by chaos on eve of launch; why Moven, one of the first challenger banks, is calling it quits; Fed faces conundrum on whether to remove Wells Fargo's asset cap; and more from this week's most-read stories.
April 3 -
The worsening economy brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has big banks rethinking who they will lend to.
April 2 -
Amid the coronavirus emergency, the central bank may have to decide at what point the imperatives of an economic crisis outweigh the requirements of its most severe enforcement action in recent memory.
April 1 -
Thousands of bankers are set for a reprieve as Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley joined European lenders in pledging to preserve jobs amid the widespread impact of the coronavirus.
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