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 19, 1952

A new character appeared in Charles Schulz’s popular Peanuts comic strip. Linus was modeled after the cartoonist’s friend Linus Albert Maurer, who happened to be art director for Wells Fargo Bank’s Training Department in the 1960s.
Photo of man in white shirt and tie wearing glasses sitting at artist's drafting table while looking right at camera. Cartoon art and drawings on desktop and wall behind him. Long desk lamp illuminates desk top.

Our
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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Archives and
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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