Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)

Wells Fargo is seeing early results of its efforts to grow after the Federal Reserve removed an asset cap it imposed on the bank in 2018 after an account-opening scandal. The ...

The proposed merger of Fifth Third Bancorp and Comerica moved a step closer to completion Tuesday (Jan. 6) as shareholders of the two banks voted to approve the combination. The transaction ...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached historic numbers during 2025. Now, dealmakers are hopeful that 2026 will bring more of the same, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Dec. 31). This year saw a ...

For all of cryptocurrency’s volatility, stablecoins made steady progress in 2025. And by any measure, be it transaction volumes, regulatory milestones, partnerships, acquisitions, integrations or use cases, stablecoins progressed into the ...

Relaxed rules in the U.S. around banking mergers have reportedly caught the eye of activist investors. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Dec. 30) by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which said this ...

Visa and Mastercard will reportedly pay $167.5 million to settle a long-running ATM fee lawsuit. That’s according to a report Friday (Dec. 19) from Reuters, citing court documents in a case ...

Crypto just got chartered. The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Friday (Dec. 12) conditionally approved applications for new national bank trust charters to five applicants from the ...

Wells Fargo’s CEO said artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially influence company decisions on staffing levels. Speaking Tuesday (Dec. 9) at a Goldman Sachs-hosted conference, Charlie Scharf noted that his company has ...

Bank CEOs are reportedly scheduled to meet with senators from both parties on Thursday (Dec. 11) to discuss crypto market regulation. The CEOs of Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Bank of America ...

Private equity’s long-standing formula of leverage and operational fixes is meeting a new force multiplier. As deal cycles tighten and competition for assets intensifies, firms are turning to artificial intelligence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get enough data points in place, and you have a trend. As bank earnings have started to roll in — thus far, from JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup — management commentary ...

Wells Fargo and Bilt are denying reports that their co-branded credit card relationship is in trouble. The banking giant teamed with the FinTech startup in 2022 on a card that let ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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% ...

Albertsons Companies is setting its sights on convenient meal occasions with the launch of ready-to-cook meals, a move that comes as grocers increasingly look to gain share of consumers’ food ...