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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]
Allspring Global Investments was originally the asset management unit of Wells Fargo known as Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) that was established in 1995. [2]In October 2020, Wells Fargo was exploring the sale of WFAM as part of its efforts to focus more on core competencies and improve its financial performance after the Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal.
The scandal severely tarnished the reputation of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, which eight years ago was considered one of the best run banks in the country by investors and analysts.
Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf said when he took over the top job in 2019 that his "first priority" was to clean up the bank's many messes. He is making progress — but still has more to do.
Wells Fargo is settling a class-action lawsuit from shareholders for $1 billion over ... Wells Fargo has faced regulatory sanctions since the 2016 scandal, when it was discovered the bank opened ...
In 2000, he led the integration of Wells Fargo's acquisition of the $23 billion First Security Corporation, based in Salt Lake City. In May 2002, he was named Group EVP of Community Banking. In December 2008, he led one of the largest mergers in history with the purchase of Wachovia. [7] Stumpf became CEO of Wells Fargo in June 2007 and ...
Wells Fargo's latest scandal could be of concern to investors after the Federal Reserve capped the bank's ability to grow amid inadequate risk controls. Wells Fargo dominated headlines when the ...
The bank was renamed in the mid-1980s after a series of mergers. After being acquired by First Union Corporation, which later also acquired Wachovia National Bank to become Wachovia Corporation, CoreStates Financial Corporation became a part of Wells Fargo in 2008 when Wachovia (formerly known as First Union) was acquired by that company.