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Wells Fargo Bond Saleswoman Sues Over ‘Unapologetically Sexist’ Workplace

Wells Fargo was accused of sex discrimination in a lawsuit by a bond saleswoman who said the fourth-largest U.S. bank denied pay and promotions available to men and tolerated an “unapologetically sexist” workplace. The complaint filed on Friday in federal …

Wells Fargo Seeks to Settle ‘Banking While Black’ Mortgage Case

Wells Fargo & Co. is pursuing private mediation to settle claims of widespread discrimination against Black homeowners by denying them lower interest rates through refinancing and forcing them to pay more for loans. Lawyers for the bank and borrowers said …

Former Wells Fargo Exec Settles SEC Fraud Charges, to Pay $3M

The former head of Wells Fargo & Co’s WFC.N retail bank agreed to pay a $3 million penalty to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud charges for misleading investors about sales practices used to inflate a performance metric, the …

Wells Fargo to Pay $1 Billion in Class-Action Lawsuit

Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay $1 billion to settle a shareholder lawsuit that accused it of making misleading statements about its compliance with federal consent orders following the 2016 scandal involving the opening of unauthorized customer accounts. The …

Wells Fargo to Pay $300M to Settle Suit Over Auto Insurance Disclosures

Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay $300 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit claiming the bank hid that it had pushed unnecessary insurance on auto loan customers, according to documents filed in U.S. court on Tuesday. The Construction Laborers …

Wells Fargo Says SEC Is Examining its Hiring Practices

Wells Fargo & Co said on Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun investigating its hiring practices, after the Department of Justice had opened a related probe. In its quarterly report filed with the SEC, the fourth-largest …

OSHA Says Wells Fargo Owes Former Exec $22M for Improper Firing

A former Wells Fargo executive is due $22 million after an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) concluded the bank violated whistleblower protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The amount owed includes back wages, interest, lost bonuses and …

Judge Says Wells Fargo Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims

A federal judge on Thursday rejected Wells Fargo & Co’.s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders about its ability to rebound from five years of scandals over its treatment of customers. The fourth-largest U.S. bank has operated …

Wells Fargo to Pay $3B to U.S. to Settle Fake Accounts Scandal

Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve criminal and civil probes into fraudulent sales practices and has admitted to pressuring employees in a fake-accounts scandal, U.S. officials said on Friday, wrapping up one of the …

Wells Fargo Agrees to Halt Forced Arbitration for Sex Harassment Claims

Wells Fargo & Co. on Wednesday ended its forced arbitration policy for employee sexual harassment claims, opening the lender to potential lawsuits in the future. The San Francisco-based bank made the decision following a shareholder proposal from Clean Yield Asset …