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 HistoryAugust 24, 1866

Wells Fargo announced new offices, including one at Cisco, California, where Chinese workers labored to blast railroad tunnels through granite mountains. At Cisco, train passengers transferred to stagecoaches to complete their journey.
Peak-roofed wooden building, forest in background. Steam train approaches from left. Three stagecoaches stand next to building under sign reading Wells Fargo & Co' Express. Stages are loaded with passengers and hitched to horses. Image in 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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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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