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Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with central offices throughout the United States.
JPMorgan Stock Surge Puts $1 Trillion Within Reach
July 15, 2026
JPMorgan Chase is close to becoming a $1 trillion company, Reuters reported Wednesday (July 15). The bank, which was last valued at about $919 billion, saw its shares reach a record ...Read moreThe Real Bank Earnings Story Was the AI Spending Boom
July 15, 2026
The second quarter produced another round of strong earnings from the nation’s largest banks, and executives spent as much time discussing artificial intelligence, digital delivery and technology investment as they ...Read moreBanks Make Deposit Defense Their Best Offense in Crypto Battle
July 15, 2026
Blockchain financial products are no longer merely standing at the edge of banking. They are beginning to reproduce some of its most profitable functions across banking’s own regulated landscape. Japan, for ...Read moreWells Fargo Wealth Unit Drives Productivity Boom With New AI Suite
July 14, 2026
Wells Fargo’s Wealth & Investment Management business has invested over $1 billion over the past several years to modernize its technology platform, with a new generative artificial intelligence-powered suite of ...Read moreThe AI Hire Doesn’t Answer to Anyone
July 9, 2026
Companies have spent decades organizing around the limits of human coordination. Departments, reporting lines and job titles exist because complexity had to be made manageable. Artificial intelligence agents are now ...Read moreBig Banks Eye Payments Deal That Could Rewire Debit Fees
July 6, 2026
Some of the biggest U.S. banks are exploring a deal that could reshape the economics of debit cards, reopen one of payments’ fiercest policy fights and give large issuers a ...Read moreRising Production Costs Drive Up Fourth of July Cookout Prices
June 30, 2026
Celebrating the Fourth of July will be more expensive this year, with the prices of products ranging from beef to strawberries to fuel being higher than they were in 2025. The ...Read moreBilt Adds Preferred Hotels & Resorts as Transfer Partner for Members
June 22, 2026
Bilt added Preferred Hotels & Resorts and its I Prefer Hotel Rewards program as a transfer partner, giving members access to more than 700 hotels, resorts and residences worldwide, according ...Read moreNuvei to Acquire Payoneer in $2.75 Billion Payments Deal
June 15, 2026
Nuvei Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Payoneer Global Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $2.75 billion, bringing together two major North American payments firms that collectively handle ...Read moreFDIC Just Showed Why Banks May Win the Digital Dollar Race
June 10, 2026
The debate over stablecoin regulation has always had a deeper question underneath it. Do blockchain-based payment systems become an extension of the banking sector or remain permanently adjacent to it? The Federal ...Read more

Chase to Restrict Use of Zelle for Purchases Through Social Media
February 19, 2025
Chase told customers that it will add some restrictions on their use of the peer-to-peer payment network Zelle with Chase beginning March 23. The changes in the bank’s Zelle service agreement ...Read moreThis Week in B2B: Realizing Operational Certainty Through Payments Innovation
September 19, 2024
The B2B landscape is full of what buyers and suppliers don’t know. In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, B2B businesses across the transaction frequently find themselves navigating uncertainty. Whether it’s the hidden ...Read moreSephora Offers Paze Online Checkout to Loyalty Members
August 28, 2024
Early Warning Services has made its Paze online checkout available to Sephora’s loyalty program members. The checkout option — offered by participating banks and credit unions — is now available to ...Read moreGoogle Transitioning Fitbit Pay to Google Wallet in Most Countries
April 30, 2024
Google is transitioning its Fitbit Pay contactless payments to Google Wallet in most countries. “Google Wallet is now available for all Fitbit devices that support contactless payments,” a message on the Fitbit Pay web page said. “Fitbit Pay will no ...Read morePayPal Appoints Ex-SoFi Executive Aaron J. Webster as Chief Enterprise Services Officer
March 13, 2024
PayPal has appointed former SoFi executive Aaron J. Webster as executive vice president, chief enterprise services officer, effective Monday (March 18). In his new role, Webster will be responsible for global financial crime and fraud prevention ...Read moreBank of America Reports Digital Banking Alerts, Logins Rise 11%
February 12, 2024
Bank of America clients had a record 23.4 billion digital interactions with the bank in 2023. Those interactions include logging into their accounts 12.8 billion times and receiving 10.6 billion proactive digital ...Read moreRight-Now Use Cases Can Turn Instant Payments Into an Instant Success
October 18, 2023
Businesses and individuals are always going to need to get paid. That’s why the context around that payment, whether it’s speed, experience, convenience, personalization, cost, security or a combination of them ...Read moreThe Trickledown Consumerization of B2B Payments Helps Firms Win Business
June 22, 2023
There are few B2B billing systems that businesses enjoy using. The amount of paper still being pushed around across the B2B space, even as the ecosystem around it goes increasingly digital, ...Read moreWells Fargo Reportedly Working with Borrowers as Office Sector Struggles
May 31, 2023
Wells Fargo reportedly expects to see losses from real estate loans. CEO Charlie Scharf said Wednesday (May 31) at an event that there are significant risks in the office sector, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. “We look city by ...Read moreJPMorgan and Other Banks Reportedly Eye Expanding First Republic Support
March 20, 2023
Big banks are reportedly considering expanding their efforts to support First Republic Bank. After 11 banks deposited $30 billion into the bank Thursday (March 16), they are now considering other options that ...Read more
CFPB Meets With Bilt Following Credit Card Switchover Issues
June 3, 2026
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working with Bilt to address credit card customer concerns, according to a Tuesday (June 2) press release. The concerns stem from the FinTech’s transition from ...Read moreCan CFOs Ace the B2B Card Payments Math Problem?
May 5, 2026
Digital transformation has evolved what were once tactical, back-office workflows into strategic levers. And chief financial officers are among the biggest beneficiaries of this new playing field. Across accounts payable (AP) and ...Read moreSpending Dips 13% As Gen Z Makes Saving ‘Cool’
June 25, 2025
For younger Americans in the Generation Z cohort, spending is out, while saving is reportedly in. That’s according to a report Tuesday (June 24) by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing ...Read moreDillard’s Sues Wells Fargo, Alleging Breach of Co-Branded Credit Card Relationship
May 22, 2025
Department store chain Dillard’s sued Wells Fargo on Thursday (May 22), alleging that the bank breached a co-branded credit card relationship that has since ended. Dillard’s alleges that this breach cost ...Read moreCorporate Lending and Spending in ‘Wait and See’ Mode Amid Tariff Uncertainty
April 21, 2025
Through the past few weeks, bank earnings and American Express’ latest results point to a commercial lending environment where demand is muted in real estate, stronger in other sectors — ...Read moreReport: JPMorgan Veteran Ed Olebe to Lead Wells Fargo’s Credit Card Business
January 9, 2025
Wells Fargo has reportedly hired the former head of JPMorgan Chase’s branded credit card business, Ed Olebe, to lead its own credit card business. Olebe left JPMorgan Chase late last year, was succeeded in ...Read moreVisa to Lay Off 1,400 as It Streamlines International Business
October 29, 2024
Visa will reportedly lay off 1,400 employees and contractors, including about 1,000 in technology positions, by the end of the year. The company aims to streamline its international business with these ...Read moreCardless Enters Small Business Space With Alibaba Credit Card Partnership
September 19, 2024
Co-branded credit card FinTech Cardless is entering the small business space. The move is designed to offer small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) financial products and rewards designed to improve their financial ...Read moreNew Deals and Digital Expansion Drive Mastercard’s Q2 Revenue Surge
July 31, 2024
Playing a hot hand of new deals and balanced global consumer spending, Mastercard posted double-digit revenue growth for the second quarter, as announced in its earnings call Wednesday (July 31). “The ...Read morePressures on Lower-Income Consumers Signal Pain for Beauty and Apparel Merchants
July 22, 2024
T.S. Eliot wrote that the world would end not with a bang but a whimper. It may be the case that the unstoppable wave of consumer spending may end that way ...Read more
Banks, Retailers Turn Call Centers Into Revenue Engines With AI
April 24, 2026
Retailers and banks are reworking the mechanics of customer contact, as artificial intelligence (AI) moves call centers away from scripted menus and toward conversational problem-solving that can complete transactions in ...Read moreSpending Dips 13% As Gen Z Makes Saving ‘Cool’
June 25, 2025
For younger Americans in the Generation Z cohort, spending is out, while saving is reportedly in. That’s according to a report Tuesday (June 24) by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing ...Read moreAmazon CEO Andy Jassy Says Tariffs Have Not Affected Sales
May 21, 2025
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told shareholders during a virtual meeting Wednesday (May 21) that the tariffs the President Donald Trump administration imposed on imported goods have not affected sales. “We also ...Read moreTariffs Leave Retailers’ Lenders Feeling Nervous
May 4, 2025
With tariffs threatening to raise prices, creditors that lend to the retail space are reportedly worried. That’s according to a report Saturday (May 3) from Bloomberg News, which cited the example ...Read moreAmazon and Walmart Battle for the Hybrid Shopper
April 25, 2025
As the digital and physical worlds of commerce continue to intertwine, Amazon and Walmart are reinventing themselves at a blistering pace. What was once a head-to-head contest for online supremacy ...Read moreTrump’s Tariff Freeze: What Could Have Happened if They Stayed in Place?
April 10, 2025
Hate to say you read it here first, but here’s a prescient quote left on the cutting room floor from PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster’s interview with QED Investors partner Amias ...Read moreUS Consumers Spend ‘Robustly’ After Almost $1 Trillion Holiday
January 19, 2025
After a nearly $1 trillion holiday season, U.S. consumer spending shows no sign of slowing. The exact figure is $994 billion, according to recent findings from the National Retail Federation. And ...Read moreBack-to-School Shopping Drives Consumer Spending Surge in September
October 17, 2024
September’s retail sales data showed a (slight) acceleration of spending from August, though we’re well off past peaks. And speaking of past peaks — looking at year-over-year growth rates and patterns, ...Read morePressures on Lower-Income Consumers Signal Pain for Beauty and Apparel Merchants
July 22, 2024
T.S. Eliot wrote that the world would end not with a bang but a whimper. It may be the case that the unstoppable wave of consumer spending may end that way ...Read moreeCommerce Helps Fuel Unexpected Climb in Retail Sales
April 15, 2024
Retail sales climbed higher than anticipated in March, fueled in part by a jump in eCommerce. Data released Monday (April 15) by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed retail sales rising 0.7% ...Read more