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On October 28, 2008, Wells Fargo was the recipient of $25B of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Federal bail-out in the form of a preferred stock purchase. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Tests by the Federal government revealed that Wells Fargo needed an additional $13.7 billion in order to remain well-capitalized if the economy were to deteriorate ...
Wells Fargo: Wachovia: Wells Fargo: $15.1 Billion [40] Wells Fargo: 2008 JPMorgan Chase: Washington Mutual: JPMorgan Chase: $1.9 Billion [41] JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2008 Fifth Third Bank: First Charter Bank: Fifth Third Bank: $1.1 billion [42] Fifth Third Bank: 2008 PNC Financial Services: National City Corp. PNC Financial Services: $5.08 billion ...
The acquisition of Wachovia by Wells Fargo was completed on December 31, 2008, after a government-forced sale to avoid Wachovia's failure. The Wachovia brand was absorbed into the Wells Fargo brand in a process that lasted three years. [2] On October 15, 2011, the final Wachovia branches were converted to Wells Fargo. [5]
NEW YORK Dec 28 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co will pay $575 million to settle claims made by U.S. states that the bank created phony accounts and committed other customer abuses, according to a ...
Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $23.7 million to eight states and modify consumers' mortgages to settle deceptive marketing allegations over risky "pick-a-payment" home loans. The home loans ...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) may assume deposits of banks or allow other banks to assume them. The largest banks to be acquired have been the Merrill Lynch acquisition by Bank of America, the Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual acquisitions by JPMorgan Chase, and the Countrywide Financial acquisition also by Bank of America.
Wells Fargo has agreed to a pay $1 billion to settle a lawsuit filed by its shareholders who alleged the bank made misleading statements about its compliance with federal regulators after a fake ...
First Union later bought Wachovia National Bank in 2001 and the combined company took the Wachovia brand name. Wachovia Bank, suffering losses during the financial crisis of 2007–2008, was acquired by Wells Fargo, headquartered in San Francisco, California.