Global Power Project, Part 8: Banking on Influence with Wells Fargo

Friday, 02 August 2013 09:21  
By Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com | Report

Just recently, in late July, Wells Fargo surpassed the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as the world’s largest bank by market capitalization. This followed Wells Fargo reporting a 19% increase in profits over the second quarter as the bank has been busy consolidating the housing market while other big banks have retreated from it. Wells Fargo had amassed a share of almost 40% of the U.S. mortgage market by early 2013.

Now, let's put this in context with the company's other recent activities.