Tag: Wells Fargo
Bank Branch Bloodbath: Major Banks Close Another 19 Locations
Bank Branch Bloodbath Continues As Bank of America And Chase To Close Another 15 Locations The bank branch bloodbath continues! Bank of America filed to close nine branches with the OCC last week. Chase filed to close six more. Citizens and Trustco are each closing a branch each. Patriot and US Bank also reported one…
Bank of America Has Prevailed In Ghetto Loans Lawsuit
Bank of America Has Prevailed In The Cook County Ghetto Loans Lawsuit As 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules In It’s Favor Bank of America has prevailed in a ghetto loans lawsuit brought against it by Cook County, Illinois. Cook County sued the bank alleging predatory mortgage loans to Black and Hispanic borrowers in the Chicago…
Latino Wells Fargo Employees Accuse Bank Of Anti-Latino Bias
Here We Go Again! Latino Wells Fargo Employees Accuse Bank Of Anti-Latino Bias In A Predatory Lending Scheme A group of current and former Latino Wells Fargo employees has filed a federal lawsuit against Wells Fargo. The employees from the company’s bilingual mortgage sales team are alleging race-based discrimination. The suit alleges: “Wells Fargo forces…
Wells Fargo 3rd Quarter Earnings Take A $2 Billion Hit
Legal Issues And falling Mortgage Originations Cause Wells Fargo 3rd Quarter Earnings Take A $2 Billion Hit Wells Fargo 3rd quarter earnings continued to take a hit from its legal problems. The slowing housing market also didn’t help. On Friday, the nation’s third-largest bank reported net income of $3.53 billion. This is 85 cents per diluted…
Wells Fargo Pulls The Plug On Mortgage Lending
Wells Fargo Pulls The Plug On Mortgage Lending. The Bank Blames The Economy For The Move There is no other way to put it, Wells Fargo plans to severely shrink its vast mortgage empire. Employees say Wells Fargo plans to exit the mortgage entirely. The bank once churned out one of every three home loans…
Another Wells Fargo Criminal Investigation Begins
Federal Prosecutors In Manhattan Launch Another Wells Fargo Criminal Investigation Over Its Sham Hiring Practices Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have launched another Wells Fargo criminal investigation. Investigators say they are investigating bank managers who conducted sham interviews with minority and female candidates. Bank managers allegedly interviewed minority candidates for roles that were already filled. The…