July 24, 2025 Wells Fargo faces a lawsuit over its attempts to compensate mortgage applicants notified of wrongly assessed fees during the loan origination process.
March 11, 2025 A $19.5 million settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that claimed the Credit Wholesale Company secretly recorded calls made on behalf of Wells Fargo and Priority.
November 4, 2024 Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $185 million to settle a class action that alleged the bank placed customers’ mortgages into forbearance without consent.
October 11, 2024 A class action claims Wells Fargo has breached its contractual duties by “sweeping” cash deposits into accounts that pay unreasonably low interest rates.
July 11, 2024 A class action has been filed by two consumers who claim Wells Fargo unlawfully failed to reimburse them after a fraudster made an unauthorized wire transfer from their bank account.
May 7, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo illegally seizes funds out of a customer’s deposit account should the individual fail to timely pay an open-end credit loan.
March 25, 2024 A class action claims Wells Fargo Bank has unfairly penalized customers by assessing $12 “junk fees” when they unknowingly deposit faulty checks.
March 21, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo has illegally charged thousands of American servicemembers and military families excessive interest rates and fees.
June 13, 2022 Wells Fargo faces a proposed class action that alleges the bank has unlawfully rejected the majority of home loan applications submitted by African American and Black consumers.
June 2, 2022 A Seattle resident has filed a proposed class action in which he claims to have been the victim of a scam targeting Wells Fargo Bank customers who use Zelle.
March 25, 2022 A class action aims to recover investments poured into a reported $300 million Ponzi scheme allegedly orchestrated in part by the Nevada-based Beasley Law Group PC and its namesake.
February 21, 2022 A Georgia resident alleges Wells Fargo Bank’s mortgage origination and underwriting practices “intentionally and disproportionately” discriminate against African American home loan applicants.
August 9, 2021 A class action alleges Wells Fargo has extracted improper property inspection fees from homeowners who’ve fallen behind on their mortgages.
July 13, 2021 A class action claims Wells Fargo knowingly aided three internet schemes whereby consumers were offered “free” trials of products only to be charged full price and enrolled in monthly programs.
May 28, 2021 A lawsuit claims Wells Fargo failed to reimburse business expenses incurred by employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and misclassified them as exempt.
January 22, 2021 A proposed class action claims Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has unlawfully placed more than two collection calls per week to Massachusetts consumers.
November 30, 2020 Wells Fargo faces a proposed class action in which the bank stands accused of failing to clearly disclose its overdraft practices to accountholders.
October 15, 2020 A class action says Wells Fargo has wrongfully charged those who've redeemed their homes following foreclosure sales for a full year of hazard insurance even though only a fraction of the insurance is used.
October 2, 2020 Wells Fargo faces a lawsuit that claims call center employees were not paid for time spent working before and after logging into and out of the bank’s phone system.
September 3, 2020 A proposed class action alleges Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has sent Pennsylvania debtors inaccurate vehicle repossession notices that lacked critical information.
August 27, 2020 Another class action claims Wells Fargo placed borrowers' mortgages into forbearance under the CARES Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic without authorization to do so.
July 29, 2020 A class action claims Wells Fargo has secretly changed the terms of HELOC loans and mortgages.
July 28, 2020 A class action alleges Wells Fargo has placed certain mortgages into forbearance under the CARES Act without authorization to do so.
July 24, 2020 A North Carolina CPA firm claims in a class action that a group of major lenders has failed to pay those who assisted small businesses with filing for PPP loans.
April 15, 2020 A former Wells Fargo employee claims that she and other non-exempt loan adjusters are owed unpaid wages for work performed off-the-clock and during breaks.
December 17, 2019 A class action has been filed over Wells Fargo's "wholly insufficient" efforts to remedy those whose mortgage loan modifications were wrongly denied due to the bank's negligence.
July 16, 2019 Wells Fargo Bank is caught in the crosshairs of a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a man who claims the bank unlawfully refuses to approve auto loans for non-U.S. citizens who hold Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status.
May 20, 2019 Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is on the receiving end of a proposed class and collective action wherein a former mortgage consultant claims the home loan division of Wells Fargo Bank failed to pay proper wages.
January 2, 2019 A class action lawsuit alleges Fannie Mae, the FHFA and Wells Fargo have unlawfully foreclosed on mortgages and sold properties without consideration for due process.
December 7, 2018 [UPDATE] A proposed class action claims Wells Fargo's voluntary remediation for consumers who were wrongly denied mortgage loan modifications for which they should have been qualified is insufficient to compensate the borrowers for their losses.
June 28, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association over an allegedly illegal financing program made available to retailers.
February 5, 2018 A consumer says Wells Fargo performed a credit check without permission roughly 10 years after she filed for bankruptcy and her auto debt was discharged.
January 19, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. that seeks to recover millions of dollars in allegedly unlawful interest payments borrowers made on home loans.
December 4, 2017 Royal Park Investments SA/NV has filed a proposed class action on behalf of residential mortgage-backed securities investors.
October 27, 2017 A lawsuit claims Wells Fargo caused delays for mortgage loan applications and then passed off consequent late fees onto unsuspecting consumers.
October 17, 2017 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the defendant in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by placing approximately 120 telephone calls to the wrong number.
October 5, 2017 Wells Fargo & Company and National General Insurance Company are two of the defendants in another proposed class action filed against them claiming the companies charged approximately 800,000 auto loan borrowers for auto insurance they did not need.
September 22, 2017 Wells Fargo and co-branding agent Mississippi Iron Works are facing a lawsuit that claims the companies signed consumers up for Visa credit cards without authorization.
August 31, 2017 Wells Fargo & Company, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage are the defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit accusing them of charging mortgage borrowers illegal “rate lock extension fees.”
August 31, 2017 Another proposed class action alleges Wells Fargo, with help from National General Insurance Co., stole millions from customers via unnecessary auto insurance.
