SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced today it has entered into
consent orders with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that address matters
pertaining to the company’s compliance risk management program and
issues regarding certain interest rate-lock extensions on home mortgages
and collateral protection insurance (CPI) placed on certain auto loans.
The company has previously disclosed publicly the issues regarding
interest rate-lock extensions and CPI.
“For more than a year and a half, we have made progress on strengthening
operational processes, internal controls, compliance and oversight, and
delivering on our promise to review all of our practices and make things
right for our customers,” said Timothy J. Sloan, president and chief
executive officer of Wells Fargo. “While we have more work to do, these
orders affirm that we share the same priorities with our regulators and
that we are committed to working with them as we deliver our commitments
with focus, accountability, and transparency. Our customers deserve only
the best from Wells Fargo, and we are committed to delivering that.”
The orders, which are available in their entirety at the respective web
sites for the OCC
and CFPB,
require the company to pay $1 billion in total civil money penalties. As
a result, the company will adjust its first quarter 2018 preliminary
financial results by an additional accrual of $800 million, which is not
tax deductible. The accrual reduces reported first quarter 2018 net
income by $800 million, or $0.16 cents per diluted common share, to $4.7
billion, or 96 cents per diluted common share.
Under the consent orders, Wells Fargo will also be required to
submit, for review by its board, plans detailing its ongoing efforts to
strengthen its compliance and risk management, and its approach to
customer remediation efforts.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based
financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s
vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them
succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco,
Wells Fargo provides banking, investments, mortgage, and consumer and
commercial finance through 8,200 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet
(wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and
territories to support customers who conduct business in the global
economy. With approximately 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one
in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was
ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest
corporations.
