Experience history in the making

Innovation. It’s in our blood. It’s the enduring thread that runs through our history and continues to move us forward. As long as there are customers to be helped, we’ll keep at it. And keep sharing our stories here. Welcome.

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This Day in Wells Fargo HistoryJuly 19, 1967

In the 1950s, consumers had a new way to pay — plastic credit and charge cards. In 1967, Wells Fargo, along with three other banks, introduced a widely-accepted interbank credit card and in July mailed a half-million new credit cards to customers.
A group of women sit at long table stuffing envelopes with credit cards and letters. Boxes of mailing materials sit on the table. Image is black and white.

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Story

Equal parts innovation and endurance, we have a long history of helping customers do new and amazing things. You might say getting things done is our specialty.

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Resources

Our collection of artifacts and images document a great deal of America’s history and serve as valuable research material to historians and communities.

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A partnership born to solve challenges

Throughout their lives, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo, the founders of Wells, Fargo & Co., were known for their innovation and dedication to customers.

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