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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Alterations include higher hurdles for cash pay, a grid stretch for deferred compensation and new bonuses.
December 10 -
The former wirehouse team oversaw $1.15 billion and will staff a newly opened office for the regional BD.
November 19 -
Former CEO John Stumpf agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to settle civil charges tied to the bank’s fake-accounts scandal. Former community bank head Carrie Tolstedt did not agree to a settlement and is now facing a lawsuit that alleges she committed fraud.
November 13 -
It’s at least the second time in just a few weeks that the firm has sought to limit the expense of rewarding well-paid employees.
November 5 -
The firm expects to receive bids this month, according to a person familiar with the matter.
October 23 -
The firm determined that the staffers defrauded the SBA “by making false representations in applying for coronavirus relief funds for themselves.”
October 15 -
Charlie Scharf’s insensitive and factually incorrect remark perpetuates a damaging trope, financial advisor Lazetta Braxton writes.
September 29 -
The company's new agreement with Envestnet Yodlee to share customers' account data over secure pipes is its 17th pact with aggregators and other fintech firms.
September 25 -
As Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf himself admitted, it’s an excuse — and a weak one.
September 25 -
The company has been experimenting with ways to recruit more women and minorities, including a program to hire professionals who had left banking.
September 24 -
Charles Scharf has since apologized that his comments in a virtual meeting this summer were "misinterpreted."
September 23 -
The senior executives, all from the company’s consumer banking unit, agreed to pay six-figure fines in connection with the 2016 unauthorized account scandal.
September 22 -
It’s the latest team to exit the wirehouse as profit suffers.
September 15 -
The company's outgoing CFO discussed ways the asset cap is stunting growth, but provided no updates at an industry conference on when the restriction might be lifted or the types of jobs it will cut.
September 15 -
The bank is more diligent than its rivals in helping to reduce the spread of coronavirus, according to a new study.
September 4 -
Sales are tumbling and gravitating to different products as Wells Fargo settles a FINRA case and researchers examine the defunct fiduciary rule.
September 3 -
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This follows another August acquisition — an ex-UBS team that managed $1 billion in assets.
August 25 -
The slate of new hires come from several competitors including Wells Fargo and Edward Jones.
August 25 -
The bank is under growing pressure to lower costs.
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