By Aaron Nicodemus2023-02-22T16:02:00
Two regulators are investigating Wells Fargo regarding employees’ improper use of off-channel communications to conduct business and the bank’s recordkeeping of those communications.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) “have undertaken investigations regarding the company’s compliance with records retention requirements relating to business communications sent over unapproved electronic messaging channels,” Wells Fargo disclosed in a 10-K filing Tuesday.
Unauthorized communications by employees of financial institutions and the recordkeeping violations such actions cause appear to continue to be a priority for SEC investigators that shows no signs of slowing.
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