Unforgiven: Wells Fargo
When scandal hit, this historic bank couldn’t hide behind its stagecoaches.

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Episode Notes
The name Wells Fargo conjures up images of Old Western stagecoaches and pioneers. But when scandal hit, was this feel-good history enough to deflect attention away from the bank’s present-day troubles?
Podcast production by Jess Miller, with help from Cleo Levin and Asha Saluja.