Finance
Wells Fargo Drops as US Seeks Fixes to Money-Laundering Controls
A customer uses an ATM at a Wells Fargo bank branch in San Francisco.
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Shares of Wells Fargo & Co. fell after the bank reached a deal with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency requiring the lender to beef up systems for detecting money laundering and complying with international sanctions.
“The bank has begun to take corrective action and has committed to taking all necessary and appropriate steps to remedy the deficiencies identified by the OCC and to enhance its internal controls and financial crimes risk management practices,” the regulator said in an agreement released Thursday, which doesn’t mention any monetary penalty.