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Wells Fargo Under Fire for Predatory Lending

“Wells Fargo Targeted over Charges of Predatory Lending,” The NewStandard (NY), December 15, 2005

"The grinch who stole Christmas: Protest Wells Fargo's racial disparities in lending," San Francisco Bay View, December 14, 2005

"Wells Fargo’s Kovacevich Says Bank Doesn’t Overcharge the Poor," Bloomberg News, August 2, 2005

"Giving credit where it's due," New York Daily News, May 2, 2005

"Spitzer takes on mortgage discrimination at top banks," USA Today, April 28, 2005

"Home loan probe extends to BofA, Wells Fargo: reports," New York Business, April 28, 2005

"Predatory Nature?," Las Vegas CityLife, April 28, 2005

“Paying more for a mortgage,” El Diario New York, April 27, 2005  

“Wells Fargo denies ACORN report,” Las Vegas Business Press, April 25, 2005 

“Inside and Outside Shareholder Meeting, Low-Income Families Tell Wells Fargo 'Stop Predatory Lending!',” US Newswire, April 22 , 2005

“Is Wells Fargo biased? Activists slam lender,” Boston Herald, April 21, 2005

"Banks Back Lenders Luring Poor With 780 Percent Rates," Bloomberg News, November 23, 2004