Asset Cap news and trends

Wells Fargo Credit Card Purchases Grow 5 Pct In Q4
Earnings // January 15, 2019

A U.S. Federal Reserve asset cap on Wells Fargo will last all year instead of through the first half, said the bank’s CEO Tim Sloan on Tuesday (Jan. 15), as the financial institution (FI) disclosed its Q4 2018 earnings. Wells Fargo also reported single-digit gains...

Federal Reserve Rejects Wells Fargo’s Reform Plan
Bank Regulation // December 07, 2018

The Federal Reserve sent Wells Fargo & Co. back to the drawing table with its plan to prevent consumer abuses in the future obligation of or guaranteed, rejecting its plan and calling on the bank to put in place stronger checks on management. Reuters, citing...

Wells Fargo CEO Downplays Regulation Woes To Investors
Regulation // February 14, 2018

Wells Fargo & Co.’s Chief Executive Tim Sloan said at an investor conference Tuesday (Feb. 13) that the asset cap imposed on it by the Federal Reserve hasn’t changed anything. According to a report in Reuters covering comments Sloan made at the investor conference, he said...

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Wells Fargo Says Lift Asset Cap To Helps SMBs

April 06, 2020
Wells Fargo said it wants to help more with the federal government’s programs to disburse $350 billion in loans via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). But to do that, the bank may have to have its asset cap, placed there by law after a fake accounts scandal in 2018, lifted so it can do more to […]

Federal Reserve Rejects Wells Fargo’s Reform Plan

December 07, 2018
The Federal Reserve sent Wells Fargo & Co. back to the drawing table with its plan to prevent consumer abuses in the future obligation of or guaranteed, rejecting its plan...

Wells Fargo CEO Downplays Regulation Woes To Investors

February 14, 2018
Wells Fargo & Co.’s Chief Executive Tim Sloan said at an investor conference Tuesday (Feb. 13) that the asset cap imposed on it by the Federal Reserve hasn’t changed anything....