The San Francisco bank announced Monday that it has shed its fifth regulatory order this year — this one related to loss mitigation practices in its home lending business.

The largest U.S. banks are facing shareholder votes on a number of politically charged issues — some backed by conservative groups and others championed by organizations with a more progressive bent.

President Donald Trump's tariff policies will strain some banks' business customers, as their supply chains will have to be reconfigured. But uncertainty is the real headwind.

Wells Fargo joins Bank of America, Citi and Charles Schwab in stepping away from its DEI policies.

Banks' latest annual reports, filed in the early weeks of the second Trump administration, provide a window into how the industry is adjusting to a new political climate.

The company sells capital markets technology to small banks that have growing international processing needs, betting the lack of client overlap prevents a big bank/small bank competition.

The San Francisco-based bank announced that another consent order with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has been terminated. The six-year-old order was related to the bank's risk compliance management and certain loan practices.

Large banks are starting to disclose the compensation they awarded to their CEOs last year. Early signs point to a bounceback after CEO pay fell in 2023.

Representatives of the first nonbranch team at the bank to unionize alleged in a charge filed with the National Labor Relations Board that actions to stymie collective bargaining constitute unfair labor practices.

The Federal Reserve Board lifted two enforcement actions against the megabank dating back to 2011. But the Fed's seven-year-old asset cap remains in effect.

The big payday comes after a year in which the bank made progress toward the removal of a federally imposed asset cap.

Banks have faced considerable criticism for continuing to profit handsomely from their partnership with Big Oil in the face of a planetary climate crisis.

Analysts say the termination of a 2022 consent order with the CFPB is a sign that the bank's days under an asset cap may be numbered. But the consumer bureau, still led by Director Rohit Chopra, says Wells is still being scrutinized as a repeat offender.

The firms paid $60 million to settle the claims without admitting to or denying the regulator's allegations. 

Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf validates some of the optimism, telling analysts he feels "really great about our progress." But he said executives "don't want to get ahead of ourselves."

It's not just JPMorgan Chase. Across the industry, banks are rethinking their remote-work policies — but experts say it won't be easy to turn back the clock.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued fines amounting to $18.5 million to three former Wells Fargo executives in response to unsafe sales practices from 2013 to 2016.

As the flames continued to spread, banks closed more branches while others donated to relief efforts.

Workers in the bank's conduct management intake group joined colleagues at 23 Wells Fargo branches in approving a union.

The unionization push by members of the bank's conduct management intake team has been hotly contested. If approved, it would represent a landmark in the effort to organize workers at the $1.9 trillion-asset bank.