For additional information about the Wells Fargo scandal, see CRS Legal Sidebar WSLG1671, Wells Fargo's Selling Campaign鈥擡nforcement Actions, Civil Penalties, and Possible Criminal Charges, by M. Maureen Murphy.Murphy, Edward VincentHoskins, Sean M...
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Wells Fargo is preparing to shed a number of its businesses as the U.S. bank tries to restore investor confidence in the wake of the fake account scandal, Financial Times reported on Sunday. "We get a little bit smaller, a little bit less complex and w...
The CEO of Wells Fargo will reportedly step down as CEO and chairman of the board of the major U.S. bank, a move that comes in the wake of a major scandal over the creation of fake accounts on behalf of thousands of customers.
which was widely blamed on out-of-control financial institutions. While Wells Fargo had the most pristine reputation of any big bank following the crisis, having emerged from the Great Recession largely unscathed, the unauthorized account scandal plays right ...
Wells Fargo fired more than 5,000 bank employees for opening the sham accounts, and there’s now a class action lawsuit in California on behalf of workers who claim the bank fired or demoted them, for not bending the rules to hit those aggressive sales targets. But this is a catch...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Wells Fargo, one of the leading U.S. banks, has agreed to pay 3 billion U.S. dollars to settle criminal and civil investigations with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its fake accounts scandal,...
Wells Fargo has been the subject of a series of lending scandals, including: The mistreatment of its auto loans and mortgage consumers. In April 2018, theConsumer Financial Protection Bureau(CFPB) and theOffice of the Comptroller of the Currencyfined Wells Fargo $1 billion after the scandal came...
Billionaire investorWarren Buffetttold CNBC on Monday that Wells Fargo's reputation has been hurt by the fake account sales scandal. "[But] the fundamental earnings power of the bank over a period of years has not been hurt in any material way," Buffett said on"Squawk Box,"two days after...
A new probe into Wells Fargo’s sales practices reports that thousands of small businesses were impacted in the account fraud. BY HELENA BALL, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, INC.COM @HELEMBALL OCT 5, 2016 Getty Images Thousands of small business owners were reportedly impacted by the improper sales pract...
The scandal tarnished the reputation of the San Francisco bank, which analysts and investors considered one of the nation's best. Wells Fargo overhauled its board of directors and management, paid more than a billion dollars in fines and penalties a...