Golden West Financial Corporation

As one of the first women to hold a position of power on Wall Street, Marion O. Sandler was notable even before she and her husband, Herbert, spent 43 years building Oakland's World Savings Bank into such a major — and ultimately controversial...

Under an agreement announced Thursday by the Maryland attorney general's office, Wells Fargo has agreed to make loan modifications and pay nearly $1 million in restitution to customers of two lenders acquired by the bank. The office's Consumer Protection...

The legal fallout from high-risk, boom-era mortgage lending never stops, it seems -- the latest example being Wells Fargo & Co.'s $590-million proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit centering on controversial "Pick-a-Pay" loans issued by Oakland'...

The stagecoach rides on. More than a year after taking over Wachovia Corp., Wells Fargo has finally branded its name on Wachovia offices in California. The switchover took place last weekend, when 100 Wachovia branches and 18 Wells offices were......

Reporting weaker demand for loans but improved credit quality, Wells Fargo & Co. said its second-quarter profit declined 3% -- a better-than-expected result that sent stock in the giant San Francisco bank higher. Wells Fargo said it earned $3.06 billion,....

The no-worries lending that inflated the housing bubble is resulting in a flood of soured option-ARM loans, adjustable-rate mortgages that allow borrowers to pay so little every month that their loan balances rise rather than fall, sometimes sharply....

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