What was the reason for the Federal Reserve barring Wells Fargo from growing its asset base in 2018?
Bankruptcy
Account fraud
Lack of funds
Merger
Answer
In 2018, the Federal Reserve barred Wells Fargo from growing its nearly $2 trillion-asset base any further due to account fraud by the bank. The company was required to fix its internal problems to the satisfaction of the Federal Reserve.
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