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Wells Fargo, Merrill Cash-Sweep Accounts Shortchanged Clients, SEC Alleges

Investment adviser units of Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill shortchanged customers by funneling uninvested cash into sweep accounts that benefited the banks but not their clients,

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Wells Fargo, Merrill to Pay $60 Million Penalties Over Cash Sweep Accounts: SEC

Advisory clients’ uninvested dollars were automatically swept into bank accounts that paid paltry interest, but were profitable for the companies, the SEC said.

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Wells Fargo firms, Merrill Lynch to pay $60 million to settle SEC charges

Merrill Lynch and two Wells Fargo advisory firms have agreed to pay a combined $60 million in civil penalties to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges over compliance failures, the regulator said on Friday.

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SEC Settles Charges Against Bank of America, Wells Fargo Units

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against units within Bank of America and Wells Fargo that will result in $60 million in total civil penalties. The SEC said the charges were settled against investment advisers Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network as well as Merrill Lynch,

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Wells Fargo CEO says Trump administration ‘gives us optimism’ for 2025: ‘We succeed when the country succeeds’

The Wells Fargo CEO said the incoming administration signaled a "more business-friendly approach to policies and regulations.

Wells Fargo firms, Merrill Lynch to pay $60 mln to settle SEC charges

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday said a pair of Wells Fargo Advisory firms and Merrill Lynch have ...

Wells Fargo Q4 Earnings: Generally Strong But Signs Of Weakening

Learn about Wells Fargo & Company's strong Q4 earnings, 2025 guidance, and stock performance, with insights on selling ...

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California wildfire losses could cost as much as $40 billion: Wells Fargo's insurance analyst

Elyse Greenspan, Wells Fargo Securities managing director, joins 'Fast Money' to talk the mounting cost of the California ...

Wells Fargo Shares Rise as Bank’s Cost-Cutting Efforts Take Hold

Wells Fargo & Co. took a $647 million severance charge in the fourth quarter, as Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf ...

Wells Fargo and Bank of America Agree to Pay Combined $60 Million to Settle SEC Probe

In the enforcement actions announced Friday, the regulator said the two firms agreed to settle the charges without admitting ...

Wells Fargo raises interest income forecast as strong dealmaking drives profit beat

Wells Fargo's profit beat expectations in the fourth quarter, powered by a rebound in dealmaking activity and forecast it ...

Wells Fargo's Fourth-Quarter Profit Tops Estimates

Wells Fargo reported earnings per share of $1.43 for the fourth quarter, beating Wall Street’s consensus estimate of $1.35. A ...

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Wells Fargo ex-exec appeals $1.5M fine, OCC enforcement order

Paul McLinko served as the bank’s executive audit director during its 2016 fake-accounts scandal. He called the penalty “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and otherwise not in accordance ...

Wells Fargo CFO says office CRE fundamentals ‘remain weak’

Wells Fargo's quarterly earnings call included discussion of what the eventual lifting of the Fed-imposed asset cap would ...

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Veteran trader reworks Wells Fargo stock price target after earnings

Scharf noted that this was the sixth consent order regulators had terminated since he joined Wells Fargo in 2019. "Our ...

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