Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler has announced an agreement with Wells Fargo relating to allegedly deceptive marketing of adjustable rate mortgages written by companies it acquired in 2008. Gansler said Thursday the settlement involves mortgages written by Wachovia and Golden ...

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While some quarters of the banking industry still struggle, others have their eye on a silver lining: wealth management. Attracted by the prospect of high profits and aging baby boomers preparing to pass on their wealth to the next generation, ...

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What a difference a decade can make. Ten years ago, half of the 10 banks with the most market share in Maryland were based here. But, as Allfirst Bank, First Union, Provident Bank of Maryland, Mercantile Bankshares Corp. and Farmers ...

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Union Trust. Signet. First Union. Wachovia. Wells Fargo. These are the banks that have held the stakes to the same trio of banking, checking, and charge accounts I’ve used since 1983. It’s been up, up and away for my little ...

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NEW YORK — Wells Fargo plans to test a $3 monthly fee for its debit cards starting this fall. The San Francisco-based bank said the fee will be applied to checking accounts opened in five states starting in October. The ...

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Constellation, Exelon file merger applications Constellation Energy Group Inc. and Exelon Corp. are moving ahead with their planned merger and have filed the necessary applications with all regulatory bodies. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wells Fargo & Co. said Monday it plans to complete the rebranding of all remaining Wachovia banks and facilities by the middle of October. Wachovia sites in Virginia will be rebranded to Wells Fargo in August. Properties ...

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WASHINGTON — For the first time in its 98-year history, the Federal Reserve on Thursday identified banks that borrowed from its oldest lending program, naming those that drew emergency loans during the financial crisis. The Fed was forced to make ...

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Philip E. (Bud) Martin has been hired as project manager of Mullan Contracting Co., a construction management and general contracting firm based in Lutherville. He previously was project manager for Morgan-Keller, in Frederick. Martin has more than 30 years of ...

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Banking Law Credit Agreement Act BOTTOM LINE: The statute of frauds provision in the Maryland Credit Agreement Act did not bar consideration of whether borrowers’ counterclaims, alleging negligence, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty, were sufficient grounds to open, modify, ...

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