The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. This hearing is entitled holding wells fargo accountable. For the banktive that broke americas trust. I recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. s ceo wills fargo testify about how he plans to end the egregious pattern of consumer abuses. He is now the third wells fargo ceo to testify before this committee in less than three and a half years. I will note each time a wells fargo ceo has testified before this committee, he has resigned as soon thereafter. You have taken on a massive challenge. While i wish you luck, it is clear to this committee that the bank you inherited is essentially a lawless organization that has caused widespread harm to millions of consumers throughout the nation. Opened 3. 5 has million fraudulent accounts in their customers names, which cost consumers over 6 billion, charged consumers for automobile insurance policies they did not need, resulting in
10 year. Crude now below 30. And not emphasize enough how much pain that will be causing to producers. To get a sense of where we are in the market, if you switch of the board, you can see some of the heavy hitters within the market, like apple and microsoft, down 10 , 11 . Also seeing bank of america off by 16 . The index which tracks the s p is down by almost 10 . Again, a world of hurt within the next two and half hours. We have some breaking news. The boe is pledging further prompt action when needed. No specifics on that, but they are pledging action as needed. We will bring you anything, any information as they come out. They said the dollar move to combat is there. This is governor bailey. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. From new york to washington, brussels and beijing come our bloomberg voices are on the ground with all of this mornings top stories. The Federal Reserve swept into action yesterday, cutting it
And managing it in a very difeated differently because the person is going to get more points for the higher value. He should not be treated differently. Thank you. And im sure i yield back. The gentlewoman from california is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Scharf have you seen the movie herald and kumar go to white castle . There is a famous scene in that movie where kneel Patrick Harris borrows the car and completely trashes it. Wells fargo lets monies to customers get a car and they want them to protect that car. The collateral, the value. Theres always the kneel Patrick Harris risk. Crashes the car, default on the loan and the value is not enough so there is the risk of a loss. To guard against that loss, wells fargo as consumers pay free gap waivers. Gap stands for guaranteed auto protection. The gap waiver cancels the remaining downs on the loan if the regular auto liability payout after the car is damaged is insufficient. But when someone pays off alone, there is no need for th
Successful launch, the apple his calls for 2020. Google undergoing oracle card issued by Goldman Sachs hit some snags in 2019. Undergoing a big transformation. How do you see facebook entering what is a pretty crowded cloud first, our top story. Business . Tech continues to be the john it is crowded at the outperform or in 2019 with the application layer. Nasdaq on track for its best you have salesforce and all of those Different Software service year since 2013. 35 , justndex is up companies. With what amazon does, the aws 3 shy of 20s banner year. Service, there were really only ofis largely due to the three competitors, at least in north america. Microsoft as newer microsoft 2013s banner year. Aws, and google cloud. It is rgely due to apple and above the chipmakers. I am showing on my terminal i think the thing that chart about divergence, winners distinguishes these guys is obviously they have done a lot and losers. Of innovative stuff, but it is the clear winners, scale. Facebook,
Today will receive testimony from the honorable randall orosz, Federal Reserve vice chairman for supervision. The honorable eleanor mcwilliams chairman of the ftse and the honorable rodney hood chairman of the ncua. Welcome to all of you. This hearing provides committee an opportunity to examine the current state of and recent activities related to regulatory and supervisory activities of these agencies. Its been over a year now since the enactment of s 2155 Economic Growth regulatory relief and Consumer Protection act and the work of the agencies to implement most of the laws provision. Your agency should also carefully review the existing supervisory frameworks and make necessary adjustments to appropriately align them with the tailoring rules and requirements. On july 30, 2019 all Republican Banking Committee members and i sent a letter to the federal banking regulators urging your agencies to finalize several outstanding positions of s 2155 such as the Community Bank leverage ratio