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 HistoryNovember 2, 1911

Ila Eloise Coombe’s family needed to send her a care package while she attended Stanford University. They turned to Wells Fargo, knowing that the banking and express company could be trusted to get it to her quickly and securely.
A Wells Fargo receipt on yellow paper with black printed instructions and handwritten information to send a package of merchandise valued at $25 from 3415 Jackson Street in San Francisco, to Ila E. Coombe at Stanford University.

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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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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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