Henry Wells and the Fargo was the founder of the Wells, Fargo Company. Henry Wells was the founder of the Wells and Company and Fargo was a partner in Livingston, Fargo and Company. Due to increase in the competition environment they both felt to join the American Express Company that was a major competitor. After the separation of the directors and others issues to American express, they decided to establish their own Company. On the march 18, 1852 they form Wells, Fargo & Co.
1) -During the Great Recession Wells Fargo targeted black people and convinced them to take out subprime loans. Such actions lead to the result of Wells Fargo being sued in 2010 for discrimination and a year later settling the suit paying more than 174 million. -The early economy was built on slave labor. Not only did slaves build the Capitol building, but they built the White House too.
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Organizational Structure Bank of America is an American financial services corporation and is the second largest bank holding organization by assets, in the United States. The headquarter of the financial organization is situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bank has approximately 5,700 retail banking offices and 17,250 ATMs in the United States. The online banking system of the bank has more than 30 million active users.
Previous to 1935, Canada’s branch banking system was adequate for the country's needs for almost a century. The chartered banks delivered the bulk of the notes in circulation and could meet regular or unpredicted demands. The bigger banks were capable of dealing with government business without tension, and the branch system progressively developed a structure for clearing cheques among banks. The Great Depression, powered by deficiency circumstances and a worldwide economic slump, contributed to making an adjustment in government and unprecedented public criticism of Canada's banking system (McQuaig, 1995). During the Great Depression many provinces needed financial help from Ottawa to stave off default.
The AIG Scandal 2005 started when AIG management was issuing a press release describing its third quarter earnings in 2000 to the public. The report showed that the premium of AIG was significantly increasing, while its loss reserves was decreasing by $59 million. However, according to many industry analysts, along with the positive earnings, AIG in fact should show an increase in its loss reserves as well. This caused the investors of AIG suspected that AIG was drawing down its loss reserves to boost its profits. The suspicious of the investors has unfortunately led to the falling of AIG stock price from $99.60 to $93.30 on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Though people were forced to do these things, some people enjoyed it, and some thought it was not fair.
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Organizational Strategy and Objectives The foundation of Wells Fargo’s strategy is its focus on customers. The company’s strategy tends to drive the choices they make and also enable them to prioritize its efforts, differential from peers, and build a lasting value for customers, employees, communities, and shareholders. The diversified business model tends to provide the company with the stability and the strength as it assures communities and customers that it exists to serve them and also the future generations. The objectives of the company are to be the leader in financial services in areas of team member engagement, customer services and advice, shareholder value, innovation, corporate citizenship, and risk management (Wells Fargo n.d).
Executive Summary Lehman Brothers were an investment bank involved in transactions worth billions of dollars and one of the most powerful investment banks in the world. Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 following bad investment in the sub-prime mortgage market and used bad accounting practices called Repo 105 transactions to try and cover up the bad assets. This report sets out the use of the fraud triangle when describing the actions which led to the collapse. The pressure applied on the bank, the opportunity due to the lack of regulation to carry out the actions and the ability of the bank to rationalise their decision making.
Once terminated, these employees filed complaints, lawsuits, and attempted to draw unemployment. They were disgruntled and wanted to cause trouble for the company any way they could. Some, hoped for a settlement or a large sum of money due to their perceived unfair treatment by the company. Past court cases have been shown that employees who sued for punitive damages and won, the judge cut the awarded amount of money in half. The disgruntled employees also made false statements about the company and attempted to get them in trouble with regulatory bodies.
Background WorldCom, once known as one of the most powerful telecommunication organizations of the world, is now studied as a case of a fraudulent company that carried out unethical financial activities to cover its weakening position in the market. After some aggressive investment decisions, the company started to witness huge financial pressure. The management used various forged accounting entries to conceal its weakening position. Cynthia Cooper, Vice President Internal Audit, discovered the unethical activities and raised the issue with the management and relevant departments and received bitter responses. She carried out internal audits in her own capacity with her colleagues and compiled evidence against fraudulent activities.
I would frame the banking as an industry that is built on trust. Trust that is reaffirmed by the governments, and regulators. Banks have an imperative role in our economic growth, and development. Correspondingly, without the bank industry, there is no industry to replace them as the conduit for social and economic policy. Equally important, there is no industry to replace them as the key performer in creating our economies multiplier effect.
