Wells Fargo Company (Wells Fargo) is a diversifie

Wells Fargo & Company (Wells Fargo) is a diversified financial services company. The Company provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage banking, investment banking, retail banking, brokerage, and consumer finance through banking stores, the Internet and other distribution channels to consumers, businesses and institutions in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and in other countries. The Company operates in three segments: Community Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement. The Company provides other financial services through subsidiaries engaged in various businesses, principally: wholesale banking, mortgage banking, consumer finance, insurance agency and brokerage services, computer and data processing services, trust services, investment advisory services, mortgage-backed securities servicing and venture capital investment. On February 1, 2012, the Company acquired Burdale Financial Holdings Limited and the portfolio of Burdale Capital Finance Inc.