wells fargo fined AGAIN

[rdking647]

how many times is enough?
its time to shut the bank down. start arresting the people in charge

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/27/wells-fargo-pays-37-million-to-resolve-justice-department-claims-it-defrauded-currency-customers.html

[cinematicdiversions]

1. Honestly at this point I blame the people who bank with them.

I understand some of it is involuntary (Mortgage sold) but in reality I know people who use them for their personal bank despite plenty of superior choices on every street corner. They have no one to blame but themselves at this point.

[CrackityJones75]

3. Yeah victim blaming is cool I guess.

For some people moving their assets around isn’t an easy task. Because the bank acted terribly doesn’t mean they should have to suffer.

I am no fan of Wells Fargo. I worked there for 22 years before having enough of it (back in 2018) and quit without a plan because I was fed up. But I understand that isn’t easy for everyone not should they be expected to carry that burden because of the actions of others.

[cinematicdiversions]

5. Wells Fargo has been horrible for decades.

I am sorry at this point it is on the consumer. There is no excuse to bank there outside of your loan getting sold to them. People need to take some responsibility for their choices. If you get your pizza slice at Sbarros on Broadway when you visit NY that is a you problem as much as it is a Sbarros problem

[LanternWaste]

7. Not merely blaming the victim, but rationalizing it as something else.

Is that particular justification for our sake or yours?

But sure, I get it-- using the tried and true "If you can back up a Buick from your driveway, you can pilot the space shuttle as well..." analogy is comforting.

[cinematicdiversions]

8. This is to me no different then people who do not get vaccinated.

If there is a free vaccine, why would you not get vaccinated. If there are plenty of banks vying for your business, why would you bank with the corrupt institution on purpose?

I don't understand how Wells Fargo still has its charter, don't get me wrong. But the people who still bank there are the unvaccinated of the financial world.

[CrackityJones75]

11. It is completely different.

A vaccine is free. And takes about a fee seconds to get the jab.

It isn’t even close to the same thing.

[uponit7771]

13. There are a list of health reasons some can't get vaxed

[cinematicdiversions]

14. And some people get their mortgages bought by Wells Fargo.

There are reasons people have to bank with Wells Fargo just as their are some very rare reasons someone cannot get vaxed...

But for the vast majority that is on them.

[uponit7771]

12. "your loan getting sold to them" or your loan being with them .. This is text book victim blaming

[cinematicdiversions]

15. It is not victim blaming if they choose to be a victim.

If you marry Jude Law, you can't claim ignorance at this point.

Apparently, people who voted for Trump in 2020 were victims as well because how could they know he would continue to act exactly as he very publically had his entire life.

[CanonRay]

2. I closed all my accounts this month

[BradAllison]

4. Awww you got me!

[BlueIdaho]

6. Hells Fargo

Should be dismantled by the Treasury Dept.

[rdking647]

9. and its top execs jailed

[Xolodno]

10. If I didn't have a moral compass...

...I would apply to work for them.


The attrition must be horrible let alone the morale. Highly skilled analytics dude comes in, they would probably ask me what is the first number and how many zeros.