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Congressional report blasts ‘reckless megabank’ Wells Fargo, regulators
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-03-05T20:19:00
A scathing report on Wells Fargo published by the House Financial Services Committee majority tells the story of a recidivist megabank whose senior management and board of directors refuse to take compliance seriously and the unresponsive financial regulators who let it all slide.
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