# Wells Fargo | FinLexicon Wiki

> basic bank information and background Wells Fargo & Company is an American commercial bank founded on March 18, 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The bank was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo to provide financial....

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## Wells Fargo

- Legal name: Wells Fargo & Company
- Recorded address: United States California San Francisco
- Website: [https://www.wellsfargo.com/](https://www.wellsfargo.com/)
- Services in the imported record: Banking, Financial Services, Wholesale Banking, Investment Banking
- Source classification: unknown

### Recorded licences

- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC): 1; source status regulated; certificate date not supplied.
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed): 451965; source status regulated; certificate date not supplied.
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC): 3511; source status regulated; certificate date 1934-01-01.

basic bank information and background Wells Fargo & Company is an American commercial bank founded on March 18, 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The bank was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo to provide financial....

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