Wells Fargo’s average loans tumbled in the second quarter as consumers and businesses, buoyed by pandemic stimulus programs, refrained from more borrowing.

Wells CEO Charlie Scharf, a former Jamie Dimon protege, has surrounded himself with JPMorgan Chase alumni. Ling will start in October and join the company’s operating committee.

Wells Fargo said it’s shutting down all existing personal lines of credit and will no longer offer the product to its customers.

A 2017 investigation into the fake-accounts scandal — conducted by the board of directors with a major assist from the law firm Shearman & Sterling — was billed as independent and objective. Was it?

Bank of America joined JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo in making Juneteenth a bank holiday starting next year after President Biden signed the June 19 federal holiday into law to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.

Julie Caperton, a longtime executive at the $1.9 trillion-asset bank, succeeds Julia Wellborn, who left the company in April.

With the Colonial Pipeline attack still in the news, bank CEOs testifying at a recent hearing cited cyber risk as the biggest threat facing the industry. But members of Congress did not share those concerns, and instead were more focused on criticizing banks about overdraft fees and their level of investment in minority communities.

The product, which will compete against Citi’s Double Cash card, is the first step in CEO Charlie Scharf’s revamp of a business segment that has long trailed top competitors.

Even though industry economists and Federal Reserve officials expect the recent price surge to wane, some big-bank executives are expressing concern about the risk of an inflationary spiral hindering the recovery from the pandemic recession.

Government records detail dozens of complaints from company staffers related to COVID-19. The documents shed light not only on safety protocols at the nation’s fourth-largest bank, but also on employee relations at a firm that’s been dogged by scandal.

Sarah Dahlgren, who joined the scandal-plagued company in 2018, is departing of her own accord, according to a spokesman.

The $1 billion bond, which follows similar issuances by Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Truist Financial, gives a big role to broker-dealers owned by minorities, women and disabled veterans.

The U.S. arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has hired nine bankers away from Wells Fargo in an effort to expand its restaurant finance group. The lender focused on the fast-casual and quick-serve segments during the pandemic and anticipates growth in that sector.

The company said it will increase access to affordable products, expand financial-education offerings and launch a National Unbanked Advisory Task Force.

The banks disclosed this week that they are under scrutiny for conduct that may have harmed consumers. The timing raises questions about whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Biden is poised to bring more enforcement actions against large banks than it did under Trump-appointed Director Kathy Kraninger.

Ta is aiming to reduce turnover at Wells Fargo Advisors by revamping the succession planning program.

A group representing bank directors says the regulator’s sudden attempt to increase penalties by millions of dollars would set a dangerous precedent.

Profits slumped last year and many investors are now voicing their displeasure with the compensation awarded to senior leaders. A nonbinding “say on pay” vote taken Tuesday passed narrowly, but Chairman Charles Noski indicated that the board will take the results into account when designing future pay packages.

The agency’s cases against David Julian, Claudia Russ Anderson and Paul McLinko, which allege culpability for the bank’s phony-accounts scandal, are scheduled to go to trial in September.

Wells Fargo wants to use the real-time payments network being developed by the Federal Reserve for 24/7 liquidity management. The online-only First Internet Bank aims to use it to help customers manage their bills and cash flow.