Wells Fargo

What a homegrown app for millennials has taught Wells Fargo

05/22/18

The bank found that mixing personal finance management with positive reinforcement allowed them to appeal to younger customers.

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Wells Fargo hires an outsider to lead its innovation group

05/22/18

Lisa Frazier, an adviser to banks and startups, will succeed Steve Ellis, who is stepping down after more than three decades with the company.

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Wells Fargo to increase car lending, growing wary of CRE: Sloan

05/21/18

CEO Tim Sloan said that the bank has "pulled back enough" on auto lending and is poised to grow the business again.

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BofA’s AI play, Zelle departure, more guidance (please): Top stories of the week

05/18/18

Bank of America on where its AI hopes (and worries) lay; Zelle founder Paul Finch announces his leave from the payments network; the one area where banks and fintechs want more regulation; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Another fine mess for Wells; PayPal to buy iZettle

05/18/18

Employees reportedly unit doctored documents; payments company buys Swedish fintech firm just before it goes public.

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'McWatters is a Republican version of Cordray': Comments of the week

05/17/18

Readers react to Wells Fargo’s CEO slamming the media, weigh in on regulatory relief, opine on gambling and payments and more.

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Wells Fargo's latest snafu renews a question: Can an insider fix the bank?

05/17/18

News that Wells commercial banking employees improperly altered client documents will likely embolden the most vocal critics of CEO Tim Sloan, who they say can't seem to resolve Wells' lingering problems.

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BlackRock's savings app gambit: Build it, or millennials won't come

05/16/18

There's no reason that today's millennial-friendly microinvesting apps can't switch focus from spare change to real assets, industry executives warn.

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Will capital plan cost big banks $400M or $121B? Yes

05/14/18

The Fed and FDIC are at odds over how proposed changes to the supplemental leverage ratio would change megabanks’ capital levels. Here's why both estimates are right but misleading.

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AI job threat, the undying branch, Mulvaney's politicos: Top stories of the week

05/11/18

Artificial intelligence will reshape the job landscape at banks; people still want to open accounts at a branch; Mick Mulvaney stacks CFPB bench with political appointees; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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