News

In government banking, “we have felt it, reputationally,” a Wells executive said of the bank’s growth restraint and the ...
When the Federal Reserve in June lifted the $1.95 trillion asset cap it imposed on Wells Fargo back in 2018 as punishment for a widespread scandal involving the creation of fake customer accounts, CEO ...
Wells Fargo’s asset cap removal, strong earnings, and $40B buyback plan position it for growth and higher returns despite ...
Bank leaders pose at their first earnings call since federal regulators ended the $2 trillion asset cap tied to a bank sales ...
The asset cap was Wells Fargo's biggest penalty stemming from its 2016 fake accounts scandal. From 2002 to 2016, thousands of Wells Fargo's Community Bank employees opened millions of unauthorized ...
Wells Fargo will no longer have to operate under a $1.95 trillion asset cap that the Federal Reserve imposed on the bank in 2018 following its long-running sales practices scandal.
The Federal Reserve is loosening a major restriction on the growth of Wells Fargo that was put in place following a fake accounts scandal nearly a decade ago, a major victory for CEO Charlie Scharf.
Wells Fargo beat second-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday but cut its 2025 guidance for net interest income, dropping ...
Federal regulators have lifted Wells Fargo’s $1.95 trillion asset cap, its biggest penalty since the 2016 fake accounts scandal, allowing growth again.
For Wells Fargo, nearly a decade’s worth of scandals, federal regulatory action and a $1.95 trillion asset cap limiting the bank’s growth had its roots in 2016. That’s the year that the bank ...
Wells Fargo's regulatory sanctions began after the fake accounts scandal was discovered in 2016. Since then, regulators identified additional problems with how the bank handled mortgages, auto ...
Federal regulators have lifted Wells Fargo’s $1.95 trillion asset cap, its biggest penalty since the 2016 fake accounts scandal, allowing growth again.