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A photo of a wooden box with the underside of the lid painted green and many stickers and labels, including ones reading Colton, California, and Tombstone, Arizona. Inset is a black and white portrait of bearded man in suit.

History

Keeping customers’ valuables secure: Wells Fargo’s treasure boxes

Wells Fargo’s iconic treasure boxes were one of the first ways the company kept its customers’ valuables secure.

A man and two women wear red shirts, white hard hats, gloves, and jeans while in the middle of a construction site. The man and one woman are squatting and smiling at the camera, and the other woman is standing and smiling at something to her left.

Volunteering & Giving

Supporting our communities: Wells Fargo’s $455M impact

Wells Fargo funded nonprofits in 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and internationally in 2019 and launched a new philanthropic strategy to support housing affordability, small business growth, and financial health.

Diversity & Inclusion

‘100% participation in the 2020 census is critically important’

Viewpoints: As citizens and taxpayers, we can do no less to see that we have a larger voice in the conversation and more seats at the table, writes Dr. Johnetta Cole of the National Council of Negro Women.

Roosevelt Toston stands in front of his photo in the mural Wells Fargo installed at the West Owens branch in Las Vegas.

Diversity & Inclusion

Wells Fargo mural celebrates groundbreaking African American journalist

Roosevelt Toston, the first African American news reporter and anchor in Las Vegas, is among those reconnecting with the past to inspire the present through the Wells Fargo Community Mural Program.

Our Point of View

Zero tolerance for sexual harassment

A message from David Galloreese, head of Wells Fargo Human Resources.

A man walks by a Wells Fargo stagecoach displayed inside a bank branch.

Inside the Stagecoach

Wells Fargo to continue display-only stagecoach program throughout 2020

Stagecoach events with horses remain on hiatus.

A black and white portrait of an African American man in a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side.

History

William M. Robison: ‘A very noteworthy pioneer’

William M. Robison, Wells Fargo’s express messenger in Stockton, California, in the 1850s, transported millions in gold for the company and its customers — while also advocating for equal rights.

Sharilynn Knight appears on a laptop screen, using sign language to communicate with an interpreter sitting at a desk.

Diversity & Inclusion

Out of the silence, a closer runs with the best

Sharilynn Knight, who has been deaf since birth, is a standout mortgage closer in Wells Fargo Home Lending.

Four college-age students stand together.

Diversity & Inclusion

Increasing access to higher education for APIA students

Since 2003, APIA Scholars has worked to fulfill its vision to cultivate academic, personal, and professional success for Asian and Pacific Islander American students.

Values

Keeping customers’ valuables secure: Wells Fargo’s treasure boxes

Supporting our communities: Wells Fargo’s $455M impact

‘100% participation in the 2020 census is critically important’

Wells Fargo mural celebrates groundbreaking African American journalist

Zero tolerance for sexual harassment

Wells Fargo to continue display-only stagecoach program throughout 2020

William M. Robison: ‘A very noteworthy pioneer’

Out of the silence, a closer runs with the best

Increasing access to higher education for APIA students