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Wells Fargo was an American banking company based in San Francisco, California, that was acquired by Norwest Corporation in 1998. During the California Gold Rush in early 1848 at Sutter's Mill near Coloma, California, financiers and entrepreneurs from all over North America and the world flocked to California, drawn by the promise of huge profits.
Carrie L. Tolstedt is an ousted American banking executive and former head of the community banking division at Wells Fargo, [1] from which she retired in 2016 before the company's account fraud scandal came to light. In 2017, Wells Fargo retroactively fired Tolstedt for cause. In 2023, she would plead guilty to obstructing a bank examination.
In May 2007, Wells Fargo acquired Greater Bay Bancorp, which had $7.4 billion in assets, in a $1.5 billion transaction. [4] [5] In June 2007, Wells Fargo acquired CIT's construction unit. [6] In January 2008, Wells Fargo acquired United Bancorporation of Wyoming. [7] In August 2008, Wells Fargo acquired Century Bancshares of Texas. [8]
The Federal Reserve unanimously approved the merger with Wells Fargo on October 12, 2008. [64] The combined company retained the Wells Fargo name, and was based in San Francisco. However, Charlotte remained as the headquarters for the combined company's East Coast banking operations, and Wachovia Securities remained in Charlotte [citation ...
Wells Fargo's sales culture and cross-selling strategy, and their impact on customers, were documented by the Wall Street Journal as early as 2011. [5] In 2013, a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed intense pressure on bank managers and individual bankers to produce sales against extremely aggressive and even mathematically impossible [7] quotas. [8]
Boles adopted the nickname "Black Bart" and proceeded to rob Wells Fargo stagecoaches at least 28 times across northern California between 1875 and 1883, [3] including a number of times along the historic Siskiyou Trail between California and Oregon. Although Boles became known for the poetic messages left behind after his robberies, he wrote ...
More than 40 consumers have reported mysterious accounts opened in their names at Wells Fargo. One man says someone opened an account in his name and deposited thousands of dollars.