Wells Fargo

OCC official tied to Wells Fargo scandal lands role overseeing midsize banks

04/24/19

Bradley Linskens, the former examiner-in-charge at Wells Fargo, faced scrutiny for his conduct as the top examiner of the scandal-plagued bank.

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BofA, Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon shareholders reject proposals to narrow pay gap

04/24/19

Bank of America investors on Wednesday voted against pressing the company to disclose more insightful data about disparities between men's and women's salaries. Shareholders at Wells and Bank of New York Mellon recently rejected similar measures.

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'Wells Fargo should change today': Shareholders disrupt bank's annual meeting

04/23/19

Nearly a dozen shareholders disrupted opening remarks at Wells Fargo’s annual meeting in Dallas on Tuesday, pressing executives to answer for a series of scandals that have rocked the bank.

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Wells Fargo needs a retail banker at the helm

04/23/19

As the bank's board conducts its search for a new CEO, it should exclude Wall Street titans from any shortlist.

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How 5G could shape the future of banking

04/22/19

Leaders in bank innovation have ideas for improving financial services with high-speed, highly responsive 5G networks — ideas they say could be implemented relatively quickly.

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OCC should speak up on Wells Fargo's exec changes: Warren

04/17/19

The Massachusetts Democrat said the agency could have used existing statutory authority to object to the bank’s appointment of now-departed CEO Tim Sloan.

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Wells Fargo's dividend yield nears decade high for Big Six bank

04/17/19

Wells Fargo is once again flirting with something that no major U.S. bank has done in a decade: have a dividend yield north of 4%. Don't expect a celebration.

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Wells Fargo's new timeline to escape asset cap: There isn’t one

04/12/19

The San Francisco bank is under pressure from investors to get out from under a Fed-imposed asset cap and to hire a new permanent CEO. But executives said Friday that thoroughness is more important than speed.

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Wells in denial, faster-payments backtrack, delinquency uptick: Top stories of the week

04/12/19

Wells Fargo and the denial stage of recovery; community bankers alarmed after big banks backtrack on faster-payments pricing; credit card, auto loan delinquencies hit seven-year high; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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