Wells Fargo Temporarily Banned from Municipal Bond-Issuer California
The State of California will be suspending business relationships with banking firm Wells Fargo & Co. after the said firm went under fire for admitting that it had created millions of fake customer accounts in an attempt to hit the firm’s target sales. By banning the said firm, California will no longer be allowing Wells Fargo to handle its bank transactions and underwrite the state’s debt. The said suspension will be in effect for a total of 12 months and might possibly become permanent if the bank still refuses to change its banking practices. In addition, California will also be halting its investment deposits in Wells Fargo’s securities. State Treasurer John Chiang has already stated that California has replaced Wells Fargo with Loop Capital for two $527 million municipal agreements which is scheduled to be sold next week.