The Financial Journey is a unique series focused on financial education and opportunities. These stories have been created through a strategic partnership between Wells Fargo and Word In Black.
Stronger Today, Than Yesterday: Black Women-Owned Businesses After the Pandemic
The doors to entrepreneurship are open for Black women. The newly-released 2024 Impact of Women-Owned Businesses report finds that Black women’s small businesses grew to 2.1 million between 2019 and 2023, generating $98.3 billion in revenue for the U.S. economy.
Collaboration With Wells Fargo and Operation HOPE Expands Free Financial Education
Nearly 5.9 million people in the United States are living outside of the traditional banking system. Wells Fargo is working to reach them.
Here’s Some Suggestions on How to Protect Yourself from Cybersecurity Threats This Season
During the holiday season, threat actors play upon human behaviors, such as being in a haste, wanting to be charitable, not looking through emails in detail or eagerly clicking links that are not secure.
How the 100 Black Men of America Empowers Youths by Investing in Their Future
Young people are learning lifelong financial skills and how to build wealth via the stock market as part of a Wells Fargo Junior Investment program that pairs students with mentors from the 100 Black Men of America.
Beyond College Webinar Series Expanding
The Financial Journey is a unique series focused on financial education and opportunities. These stories have been created through a strategic partnership between Wells Fargo and Word In Black. When Wells Fargo launched its Beyond College initiative for the nation’s HBCUs a decade ago, online meetings and zoom conferences were not common, especially on college campuses. What is now the Beyond College Webinar Series began with 90-minute conference calls, according…
Black Leaders in Banking: Q&A With Wells Fargo’s Windy Oliver
The Financial Journey is a unique series focused on financial education and opportunities. These stories have been created through a strategic partnership between Wells Fargo and Word In Black. WIB: Can you describe your role at Wells Fargo? Oliver: I’m Executive Vice President, Personal Lending, where I lead Shared Enablement Services. It’s a team that focuses on building a set of operating principles for personal loans and retail services (risk…
Black Leaders in Banking: Q&A With Wells Fargo’s Stacy Spann
The Financial Journey is a unique series focused on financial education and opportunities. These stories have been created through a strategic partnership between Wells Fargo and Word In Black. WIB: Can you describe your role at Wells Fargo? Spann: I lead Housing Access and Affordability Philanthropy for the Wells Fargo Foundation, one of the largest corporate foundations in the U.S. It’s a nationwide approach focused on keeping people housed, driving…
Black Leaders in Banking: Q&A With Wells Fargo’s Ron Tate Jr.
The Financial Journey is a unique series focused on financial education and opportunities. These stories have been created through a strategic partnership between Wells Fargo and Word In Black. WIB: Can you describe your role at Wells Fargo? At Wells Fargo, my team and I work with our procurement partners and business units to identify diverse businesses that can add value to our supply chain and, ultimately, our customers. We…
Wire and Imposter Scams Cost Consumers Billions. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
Dan Cusick, Senior Vice President of Fraud Prevention at Wells Fargo, shares some ways to stay protected from fraud.
These Women Leaders are Advancing the Finance Industry Through Strategic Thought
There’s hope for Black women determined to encourage innovation at work.
Black Leaders in Banking: Q&A With Wells Fargo’s Danielle Squires
The leader of the Diverse Segments group at Wells Fargo in Corporate and Investment Banking says diversity and inclusion determine which companies will excel and which will not.
