Wells Fargo Bank is a publicly traded bank that operates as a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, one of the largest financial holding companies in the world. The bank is one of the largest in the United States as measured by assets as well as deposits. With tens of millions of customers, thousands of retail branches and tens of thousands of ATMs, the bank’s presence is recognized in every state. It offers personal, small business, and commercial banking products and services, in addition to wealth management and investing advising.
On its personal banking side, Wells Fargo offers checking, savings, Money Market, Certificate of Deposit (CD) and IRA accounts, in addition to mortgage and consumer loans. One of its most popular checking account options comes with a debit card, as well as a monthly service fee unless minimum balance requirements are met. The bank pushes its student checking account in a combo package with its savings account to encourage saving, and Wells Fargo partners with colleges to provide students the ability to use its debit card for both on and off campus transactions. Savings account options come with minimal interest rates on basic savings, retirement savings, and even retirement savings accounts. Money Market accounts offered by the bank have a minimum daily balance requirement and come with very low interest rates. CDs are available in term lengths ranging from 3 to 58 months and a step up CD provides a way to increase the rate on a 24-month CD every 6 months for the life of the product.
A private bank is also available to provide customers wealth planning and trust solutions that are tailored to specific investor needs and goals. On its small business side, Wells Fargo offers loans and credit, business insurance, and merchant services like payment processing and tax help.
Wells Fargo Bank online banking is a secure banking platform on which customers can open and manage their accounts. The web-based system provides the ability to complete tasks like Bill Pay, money transfers, online brokerage, account activity viewing, direct deposit, and check image viewing. A mobile website (wf.com) provides an optimized Internet solution for customers to access their accounts from a web browser on any capable device. Mobile banking apps are also available and provide a more sophisticated way to bank on the run from various smartphone and tablet devices.
Wells Fargo Bank was originally established as the Crocker-Citizens National Bank in 1870, before transitioning to its current name in 1986. Since that time, the bank has rapidly acquired many financial institutions and divisions to become one of the largest companies in the world. Wells Fargo corporate headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, while Wells Fargo Bank is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The bank operates through thousands of branches located through the United States.
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Used to have 10 separate accounts plus a huge safe deposit box at this bank. I dumped them all. Ridiculous, woke San Francisco leftist bank. Massive jumbotrons at my branch, but white people excluded in advertising. If you have an account here, head for the exits NOW!!!
I needed a branch close to my house, as I closed Alaska FCU checking account, after 10 years, website was bad, out of date, no linking accounts, app doesnt let you deposit checks, it just didnt work anymore, and nearest branch is 40 minute drive from my house on a good day no traffic, as they closed the one nearest to me, so I decided to try Wells Fargo since most of my family banks there for years and have great comments to say about them. Wow, i am impressed, customer service is great, i called twice and super helpful and nice, mobile app is superb, on line UI nice. No issues so far, WF ATM about 5 min away so i never pay ATM fees. I can deposit cash, and use the app to deposit checks. I linked Ally Bank & WF and no issues (checking account at both). I also linked my HYSA (Marcus & Capital One) no issues. WF is very convenient for me. Alot of people are negative about WF, but so far so good.
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FDIC Certificate # | 3511 |
Year Established | 1870 |
Employees | 214924 |
Primary Regulator | OCC |
Profit Margin | |
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Return on Assets - YTD | 0.87% |
Return on Equity - YTD | 9.15% |
Annual Interest Income | $20.31B |
Assets and Liabilities | ||
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Assets | Q2 2022vs Q2 2021 | $1,712.5B$1,776.7B |
Loans | Q2 2022vs Q2 2021 | $898.7B$822.6B |
Deposits | Q2 2022vs Q2 2021 | $1,462.4B$1,494.6B |
Equity Capital | Q2 2022vs Q2 2021 | $162.4B$172.5B |
Loan Loss Allowance | Q2 2022vs Q2 2021 | $11.63B$14.94B |
Unbacked Noncurrent Loans | Q2 2022vs Q2 2021 | $6.61B$7.76B |
Real Estate Owned | Q2 2022vs Q2 2021 | $138.0MM$148.0MM |
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0.50%* | $100k* | - | Wells Fargo Premier Checking | ||
OTHER TIERS: 0.25% → Up to $100k | |||||
0.10%* | $100k* | - | Wells Fargo Prime Checking | ||
OTHER TIERS: 0.05% → Up to $100k |