so what was wells fargo accused of? yet any and wells fargo by assets is the 4th largest them, us bank, and the allegations are pretty, a rough. so according to the consumer financial protection bureau, consumers were illegally assessed fees and interest charges on auto and mortgage loans. had their cas wrongly repossess that had payments to order and mortgage loan, so misapplied by the bank. so some of that misconduct happened years ago, but some, as recently as this year. and so now you have a $1700000000.00 a penalty. that is the largest him ever a given a, from the see if a p b and then on top of it. so clients, customers, we're talking about $60000000.00 people and who got and hurt it, able a get about to, to a $1000000000.00 in a payment, said back. so that's where this settlement stance at this point does. our litany of allegations there in the bank was find $2000000000.00 in a separate case in october. has well said how it's going to clean up its act. well, i mean at least when we're talking about this current t

we know the challenges wells fargo has been working through for years.reaction to these developments? sonali: a few things, one is this might have been larger than initially expected, given 1.7 billion of this is a civil penalty. remember, they will have to take a pretax operating loss of $3.5 billion in the fourth quarter, that is in addition to already putting aside billions of dollars in the previous quarter to set aside for legal fees and regulatory actions. the other thing to note is there is good news and bad news. the good news being now that the number on the table, they can get past this. the bad news is they have other regulatory actions they may have to work through, and, at the end of the day, what they really need to get past is the federal reserve asset cap. it is unclear how soon that is lifted for wells fargo, but the good news from the buy and sell side, they say it is a good sign that brings wells fargo toward the ultimate goal. kriti: how did they redeem some of their credibility? wells fargo has been dealing with a lot of different la

the best performer wells fargo is down 14% the year tougher environment but you know i like wells soh it's the largest holding for my charitable trust and reached a $3.7 billion settlement for the bad practices under the old management the company tells me i might be more than 5.5 billion. that's including fees, don't forget, lawyers' bills it's horrendous legacy and poor treatment to bed that's a lot of money but worth -- remember that darn over hang which is why the stock initially rallied on the news. i think wells fargo is a fantastic long term turnaround story. remember, this stock -- look where it was okay it was here. it was not as good a bank up here as long as we don't have a severe recession, this bank with very few bad loans, the lowest it had could be a monster performer and got bad news out today. not bad news tomorrow. some of my favorite financials from 2023 were far from the top performers of 2022 even though anything related to the capital markets are awful, morgan stanley spent years pivoting into the asset management business steady and takes a big hit when the sto

another scandal is rocking wells fargo.en ordered to pay $3.7 billion to settle a number of violations, including charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages and incorrectly taking overdraft fees. in a statement, the ceo says the bank identified a series of unacceptable practices that we have been working systematically to change . it seems that they are not only too big to fail. there are also too big to jail. it's the latest in a string of massive fines for wells fargo in 2020, the bank paid $3 billion after employees opened millions of phony accounts without the customer's knowledge in order to meet sales goals as the employees falsified records, investigators say the bank collected millions in fees reportedly targeting minorities who speak little english, along with college students and seniors. you had to open 10 accounts. every every single day since at least 2016 senator elizabeth warren has urged federal regulators to break up wells fargo once calling the bank's former ceo gutless at a congression

go, if there is a hypothetical recession that's perhaps on the shallower to midlevel range, is wells fargotion to withstand it, is it on a relative basis better off than, say, a bank of america, a citi or jpmorgan chase? >> i think with wells there's more meaningful expense opportunities. we think the new management team has a plan in place to address that from a capital perspective, they have relatively more excess capital than peers so there's room to put that to work and, you know, just given their asset capital the last several years, the deposit base is probably in better shape than most other banks, you know, to with stand the current interest rate environment coupled with a valuation that's below some of the other big money center banks, not a bad place to be on a relative basis. >> thank you very much, sir. we appreciate it. >>> let's check on the markets right now. the dow just about up 105 points, the s&p up about 5, the nasdaq flat on the session so far. >>> mark zuckerberg is in court for the latest ftc antitrust hearing surrounding meta platform's virtual reality acquisition.

wells fargo, the bank of doing. >> last weekend before christmas is highlighting the need and struggles that so many bay area families are facing this season. today, nonprofits were helping underserved families make their holidays a little brighter. here is abc7 news reporter cornell barnard. >> nevada were busy helping santa. making quality dreams come true for kids and their families. what does it mean to your family? >> means the world. it means they are cared for, loved, special. >> it is the 50th year for their shared event. toys, lots of bikes. >> >> one of the highest numbers of families we have served in our 50 years. 474 children will be served. >> 70 -- stephanie william says the need speaks volumes across the bay area. >> inflation has hit a lot of families. especially low-income families, it has taken them a lot longer to recover. >> yana was here with her son. >> thi to see our kids happy. this means a lot. >> bellringing was happening. police versus fire. who will pull in the most cash? >> we are. the

wells fargo, the bank of doing.ou might think you know a true disney fan, but then there is this family. so much that they have claimed the title of the disney house at their home in antioch. this year, it takes a new meaning. tonight, abc7news reporter ryan curry gives us a tour of the decor. >> i cdy canes to the kids. : it maasnotle of this home iso missisy >> at least 30 years, i stopped counting. ryan: from princesses to mickey and minnie, he has the most disney themed toys is in the bay area. >> i knew when i got my own house that someday i would start sharing my love for disney. ryan: 420 straight holiday see -- for seasons, he displayed his passion for the characters he loved. >> every year i had something to it, so every year a few more lights go up and more characters show up. ryan: gary has designed and made all of these, except for one cluster. the santa and reindeer on the wall, which he says his grandfather made in the 1960's. this year brings on a new meaning for the family. very's wife is now battlin

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wells fargo, the bank of doing. it's the holidays, everyone is trying to come here for vacation. >> we have not experienced anything of this nature for sure. >> a harsh dissent into hawaii, a holiday flight just a half-hour from its destination, severe turbulence shaking and injuring passengers on board. you are watching abc seven news at 11, that mid air emergency was a shock with nearly two dozen injured. but as you are about to hear it could have been worse. >> that from the cockpit of hawaiian airlines flight 35, it was heading from phoenix to honolulu and just moments before arrival it was rocked by severe turbulence. >> did you need medical personnel? >> yes we do. >> the national weather service says the flight may have cruised through a storm at 36,000 feet. >> there is no warning of this patch of air at that altitude, or it was in any way dangerous. it caught everyone by surprise. >> to make matters worse, hawaiian airlines say some passengers were not wearing their seatbelts even though the sign was on. th

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but this is the beginning of the new wells fargo. it's just an astounding set of numbers. >> yes >> what it reminds you, david, charlie has been there for a while. >>> yeah >> there were many, many things wrong at wells that we didn't even know about. >> that's true >> had auto loans. ripping off the consumers. >> it has taken quite a while to get deep enough to get to the bottom >> it includes all the lawyers and everything >> yeah. >>> then maybe the conversation will be how the bank is doing going forward. and i know the bank has plenty of capital i know the company can buy back stock. so 5.5 will be the number people should be talking about. 1.7 is the number you should be talking about. 3.7 is not the number they should be talking about. >> i'm glad we got that done >> nike, too, is going to be my stock. >> i wanted to talk about a few things >> sorry i wanted to do the mad dash. >> we have no mad dash you were reporting during the mad dash >> i'm trying. >> i have been reporting on tesla and twitter, as you might imagine, along

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let's stay with wells fargo. sonali basak, what is this in response to?li: this it related to the issues pre-the current era, foreclosed loans, inappropriate fees, surprise overdrafts. there's a lot of issues here over tens of millions of dollars in accounts. this is a record fine for the cfpb that was created in the wake of the 2008 crisis to protect consumers. the civil penalty is in addition to the redress. how is the market banking this all in? remember, wells fargo said they would book the loss in the fourth quarter, pretax operating loss of $3.5 billion. these are all massive figures here. remember, they already booked $2 billion in the fourth quarter to cover legal regulatory charges. the big thing here you have this massive fine but on top of that you have more regulatory issues for wells fargo and what analysts now believe is the good news that it can be baked out of booking the fine and this idea that they get closer to the ultimate goal of knowing how much these finds will costs them at the end of the day and get them closer to the ultimate goa

wells fargo, the bank of doing. -listen up. why do you drive so fast??he flashing lights. please slow down. pay attention. how would you feel if that was your mom? flashing lights mean move over. liz: now at 5:30, bracing for a wet begin. here is a live look from our roof camera. for joining us. lisa, we see that rain. it's good to have it but you have to be careful if you're hitting the road. lisa: the rain is picking up in the north bay for the next couple of hours. there is the front, well to the north. in the heavy rain windsor highway 101. it is lighter and spotty as we hit south marin county. showers. the rain has ended in the east bay, pretty good returns over the san mateo bridge, the dunbar bridge. filling into the south bay around morgan hill and saratoga. this is our level two system. we could see some minor localized flooding and a slight chance of thunderstorms. a wind advisory will take us through the day for most of us. the wind could gust up to mph. we have surface winds at 31 in oakland. you can see upper elevations with 50 mph wind. low

katie: joining us we have wells fargo's brian and another guest from goldman sachs. we have seen hot ism services data and how ppi this morning. when you add that together, can the fed afford to slow down right now? >> i think they will go to 50. there is a lag in the impact of monetary policy so we are still cycling through a lot of the 75's still. i see no reason to cycle -- night -- not cycled on the 50. does not mean they are pausing but it seems appropriate. katie: is there anything you could see tuesday when we get cpi that would change what we get wednesday? brian: i don't think so. i think the fed comes -- the fed fed likes to not surprised the market so i think we are confident we will see 50 regardless of cpi prep. katie: careful, deliberate communication, that seems to be the jerome powell fed for the last two years. maybe 50 basis points in december is a lot but when we think about the past week and a half or so, has the fed's end destination changed at all? >> we don't think so. we think the pace of the hikes is poised to slow down. the final destination

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i didn't mince words i liked wells fargo as an investment it doesn't matter that wells is $42 that usedars ago when things were much worse for the bank the stock would have to rally $10 over the next month and come on, otherwise we'll lose everything, $10. that may be about a month and a half i gave randall an incomplete grade and told him to sell the calls. they're worth something and buy the common stock that takes the gun away from your head and gives you a 2.8% yield to boot you don't have the leverage from options but won't get wiped out if the stock doesn't rally enough i think wells fargo is worth owning with a stock at eight times next year's earnings and ch sharp ceo is a large position in the charitable trust follow along and join the club for those to work the stock would have to rally like crazy in a short period of time and i don't see a catalyst coming to make that possible it's an example how the financial industry has made it way too easy for you to lose money. wells fargo money calls, i called them candy, enticing, definitely not good for you. it will be like candy lead

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wells fargo has faced a series of major scandals that included multiple finds.ith the largest fine ever handed out by the consumer financial protection bureau, $3.7 billion in fines and refunds to settle a vast array of banking violations over the past decade. we're talking about charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages, incorrectly taking overdraft fees, even wrongly repossessing some borrowers' cars and homes and in total they impacted 16 million customers who are all owed refunds. now, in a statement their ceo says, quote, we and our regulators have identified a series of unacceptable practices that we've been working systemically to change. we have made significant progress over the last three years and are a different company today. now, of this $3.7 billion, 2 billion is supposed to be refunded to customers and if wells fargo owes you a refund you don't have to do anything. they are required to let you know. now, the consumer protection bureau director says payments should not be read as a sign that wells fargo has moved past its long

wells fargo will have to pay $2 billion to consumers and $1.7 billion to the government. they said in a statement, the deal is part of an effort to, quote, put these issues behind us. >>> americans expecting student loan forgiveness may be in for some disappointment. today the supreme court set dates to hear arguments regarding the student loan issue. the justices will interest lawsuits coming in from states controlled mainly by republicans. the quickness in which the court scheduled these dates showed the justices are eager to disman president biden's plans. republicans say student loan forgiveness is an overreach of authority. the court will hear the first arguments in february. >>> the white house is focusing on the border crisis. this come after the supreme court gave the administration until 5:00 p.m. today to respond to its decision to temporarily halt an order intended to allow the title 42 border policy to expire tomorrow. the pandemic-era policy made it easier for the government to turn away people attempting to enter the country. alice barr has the latest from w

federal government has ordered wells fargo to pay almost 4 billion dollars in fines. the consumer financial protection bureau says >> it illegally charge customers, fees and interest over several years. it is the organizations largest fine ever against a bank. regulators say the bank repossessed cars after increasing auto loan fees and interest wells fargo also faces charges for denying thousands of mortgage loans to homeowners. coming up next in sports, forty-niners back on the practice field today as they get ready for their christmas eve matchup with the washington commanders. >> sports director jason dumas has reaction from the team on now. they're getting ready. coming up. >> and for porch pirates, they're putting a damper on the holiday season, but these better watch out for these packages and the police who have a clever way to catch have a clever way to catch them. this is what people with eczema said about how their skin feels... ...when it comes to our skin, what if it could feel differently? say hello to opzelura for the treatment of mild to moderate eczema

the consumer finance regulator has ever slap on a bank. wells fargo has spent years dealing with the series of scandals tied to its sales practices. my twitter ceo, eon must says that he will step down from his position as soon as he finds replacement. or in his words, someone foolish enough to take on the job. a majority respondents to which would pull posted by musk, said that the billionaire, c. e o. should hit the road or the holiday season here and across much of the world for retailers, that means big sales, hopefully. but also returns and refunds and exchanges are nothing new for many businesses. but online retail has changed the way that many people shop. and in turn, the way they return. what is wrong with this washing machine, or these mattresses, or any of these large furniture items? well, that's objective. all these items were returned by customers and sent to this huge storage facility in the german city of lune. by just one online retailer, it turns out online shoppers have all sorts of reasons for returning purchases. on corner of order. i'm or one customer wanted to

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happy holidays from wells fargo.erings are underway, experts suggest having a plan in place in case you get covid. state public health officials recommend getting paxlovid if you are positive. suzanne has the details. >> i got it last year out of the blue. reporter: trina and her mother both got covid last year. >> it is painful. reporter: trina was sick for 2.5 weeks. >> they got pretty severe. at 1.i could barely breathe. reporter: with so many at the hospital because of the flu, rsv or covid, public health officials want you to know that if you get covid, you should ask about getting paxlovid. doctors say paxil that can reduce the risk of severe illness or death from covid 1990%. >> there are data to that could benefit more than are using it. reporter: more people could be eligible because of physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, depression, asthma or diabetes. it is free. it is a game changer helping people recover more quickly. >> it does decrease the number of days people feel ill. reporter: the federal govern

that's why wells fargo has donated roughly $420 million dollars to diverse small business owners. (smb) back to alpha, plant. (vo) new thinking, and new thinkers ...make the future brighter, for all of us. happy holidays from wells fargo. >> a young girl visiting san francisco is making a desperate plea after a tour with a lot of sentimental value was stolen on family vacation. jennifer and her daughter, faith were visiting last week from southern california. video along market street shows how it was stolen. both mom and daughter are simply devastated. him with me. i have had him for so long and he has been there with me forever. robbing me, a kid who was there trying to have fun and you can't just steel bags. you shouldn't take things. >> your heart just breaks for her. jennifer f angeles this morning to continue looking for the stuffed pigeon. she is even offering $2000 cash reward for the safe return of mr. magoo. a judge is allowing a class action lawsuit to move forward against the makers of fortnite. the suit is filed on behalf of a parent in canada and says epic games desi

50 calls >> wells fargo i think has been completely overreactive to the down side.ve got a great balance sheet. i think this is a little tight generator because i'm not sure he gets the quarter -- >> can we get a chart? >> charlie short the other day said i'm still dealing with dissent decrees. but this has a huge deposit base they haven't raised how much you make on your account, but then they've invested a lot in their money. this thing was february 5th of 2018 it was up >> it was 48 just november 30th. the stock was down 11% this month alone. >> he needs $7 or so by what was it january 20th. >> you need a good inflation report you need to hear something comforting from chairman powell, and then you need a good earnings report. >> the common yield's 2.8. why do you have to go buy the calls? >> you'd just buy the stock straight up? >> if i put a gun to your head and say you should buy wells fargo wouldn't say, jim, you should put the gun down? >> that's why we have the segment. >> hey, charlie, should i buy calls -- >> that's why we have the segment. anyway, let's

happy holidays from wells fargo. kristen: new details on a lawsuit against the state of california and twitter. a conservative commentator and influencer -- twitter banned him in february of last year after he suggested on the platform that california's election system should be audited. >> we are the first to take it on, and we are doing this for every american citizen to defend their constitutional right to criticize their government without the government censoring them or colluding with private companies to do their dirty work for them. kristen: the secretary of state's office said they do not have a comment as the decision on the appeal is still pending. dan: now to another bay area tech company facing a lawsuit, apple is being sued over its air tag devices. two women say those air techs put their safety at risk. rebecca: two women are hitting apple with the proposed class action lawsuit alleging the tech companies air tag tracking device makes it easier for stalkers. >> it was truly terrifying. >> lauren hughes

that's why wells fargo has donated roughly $420 million dollars to diverse small business owners.(smb) back to alpha, plant. (vo) new thinking, and new thinkers ...make the future brighter, for all of us. happy holidays from wells fargo. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> the top u.s. h official is giving details about a greiner's flight back to the united states after being held in russia for 10 months. justin finch is in washington. >> newly released images show smiling brittney griner alongside her wife and top u.s. hostage negotiator ambassador rodrick carstens who brought her home. also in high spirits in this photo shared with abc news taken before her flight to the u.s. greeting every member of the flight crew. she connected with everyone, looked in their eyes, shook hands, got to know their names. >> opening up about her time in russian custody. >> we talked about a lot of things. her love for her wife, her teammates come everything she missed. >> russian state media video capturing some of her time in russian prison. c

happy holidays from wells fargo. larry: the rain is back. we have not seen this much -- actually, we did last week. in general, this is a welcome sight because we desperately need every drop. kristen: as part of our efforts to build a better bay area, we look at people making a difference. richmond's mary is landlords to open their properties to house the homeless. larry: he is willing to pay one year rent upfront. luz pena met with the mayor and a family hoping for a christmas miracle. luz: for about a year, richmond's mayor has been fundraising to house as many homeless families as possible. paying landlords one year rent upfront is what other cities and states should be doing to tackle the crisis. for briand e peters, there is only one wish this christmas. a home. >> this is my home for now. it has gotten me through the rough times. luz: for the first time in her life, her and her family became hopeless -- homeless and lived in this rv for a year. >> she has been a tough cookie. she took it way better than i took it. i would never wish th

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