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 HistorySeptember 6, 1901

After an anarchist shot U.S. President McKinley, people around the world mourned the assassination of the popular president. The Bank of Alameda in California, now Wells Fargo, draped the bank in black crepe fabric as a marker of collective grief.
A building with black mourning crepe fabric pulled back on either side of the doors. Has a picture of President William McKinley above the doors. There is a man on the street corner and a horse drawn wagon in front of the building.

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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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