Fed grants Wells Fargo temporary relief from asset cap restriction
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-04-08T16:52:00
An asset cap imposed on Wells Fargo in response to systemic failures at the bank in recent years has been temporarily modified to reduce limitations on its ability to distribute loans amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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