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Wells Fargo Pulls Back From Mortgage Business

Wells Fargo could be looking at a major reduction in its once market-leading mortgage business, Bloomberg reported over the weekend. Wells Fargo shares edged lower Monday following a report from Bloomberg news that suggested the bank is preparing to significantly reduce its once-leading mortgage business. Bloomberg said the shift, which is expected to include big […]

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Wells Fargo Agrees To $79 Million Employee Deferred Compensation Settlement

Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit related to deferred compensation for former financial advisors of the banking company. The class action covers more than 1,000 former advisers who said they were wrongly required to forfeit deferred compensation when they left Wells Fargo. The lead plaintiff, Robert Berry, said […]

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Wells Fargo under investigation by DOJ and SEC

With Wells Fargo’s credit card and savings divisions already disciplined by the Federal Reserve over a fake account scandal during which the bank opened bogus accounts on behalf of its customers, federal officials have begun an investigation into Wells Fargo Wealth Management to determine whether Wells Fargo’s investment wing inappropriately sold clients in-house investments using […]

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SEC Charges Rhode Island Agency and Wells Fargo With Fraud in 38 Studios Bond Offering

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Rhode Island agency and its bond underwriter Wells Fargo Securities with defrauding investors in a municipal bond offering to finance startup video game company 38 Studios. The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC, now called the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation) issued $75 million in bonds for the […]

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Wells Fargo laying off employees of securities unit

In the latest downsizing move by a big bank, Wells Fargo has started cutting jobs this week in its securities unit, including positions in Charlotte according to reporting by The Charlotte Observer. The displaced employees include managing directors – high-level jobs that can draw seven figures in compensation, the sources said. The Wells Fargo unit […]

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