Abbot-Downing Company was a coach and carriage builder in Concord, New Hampshire , which became known throughout the United States for its products — in particular the Concord coach .
88-486: The business's roots went back to 1813, and it persisted in some form into the 1930s with the manufacture of motorized trucks and fire engines. The company name was sold to Wells Fargo . The business was founded in Concord in 1813 by wheelwright Lewis Downing (1792–1873) from Lexington, Massachusetts . In 1825, Downing, having decided to make coaches, hired coachbuilder J. Stephen Abbot of Salem, Massachusetts . They formed
176-507: A 2,757-mile route through the Southwest to San Francisco and was nicknamed the "Butterfield Line" after the name of the company's president, John Butterfield. In 1860, Congress failed to pass the annual Post Office appropriation bill , leaving the Post Office unable to pay Overland Mail Company. This caused Overland to default on its debts to Wells Fargo, allowing Wells Fargo to take control of
264-518: A New York state judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the transaction from going forward while the competing offer from Citigroup was sorted out. Citigroup alleged that it had an exclusivity agreement with Wachovia that barred Wachovia from negotiating with other potential buyers. The injunction was overturned late in the evening on October 5, 2008, by the New York state appeals court. Citigroup and Wells Fargo then entered into negotiations brokered by
352-573: A Wells Fargo armored truck depot in West Hartford, Connecticut , was the victim of the White Eagle robbery. The robbery was organized by Los Macheteros (a guerrilla group seeking Puerto Rican independence from the United States) and involved an insider armored truck guard. It was the largest US bank theft to date with $ 7.1 million stolen. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, Wells Fargo completed
440-607: A coach service to the diamond fields at Kimberley under the name Cobb & Co. His health failed and his profitable business suffered and became insolvent in 1878 a few months before he died in Port Elizabeth. His family returned to Brewster. "In the early years of Southern Rhodesia the only method of travelling was by great lumbering coaches similar to those formerly in use in America. They were large and roomy vehicles capable of holding twelve passengers inside and two outside besides
528-476: A coast-to-coast bank with the 2008 acquisition of Charlotte -based Wachovia . Henry Wells and William G. Fargo , who founded American Express along with John Butterfield , formed Wells Fargo & Company in 1852 to provide "express" and banking services to California, which was growing rapidly due to the California Gold Rush . Its earliest and most significant tasks included transporting gold from
616-475: A few cottages. The town was a change station (where coach horses were changed) for Cobb & Co by 1855. A police station opened the following year and a school in 1858. Goulburn was proclaimed a municipal government in 1859 and was made a city in 1863. The arrival of the railway in 1869, which was opened on 27 May by the Governor Lord Belmore (an event commemorated by Belmore Park in the centre of
704-726: A large stake, a position he held until 1892. In 1905, Wells Fargo separated its banking and express operations, and Wells Fargo's bank merged with the Nevada National Bank to form the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank . During the First World War , the United States government nationalized Wells Fargo's express business into a federal agency known as the US Railway Express Agency (REA). After
792-458: A loan officer at Wells Fargo interviewed for a report in The New York Times , "We just went right after them. Wells Fargo mortgage had an emerging-markets unit that specifically targeted black churches because it figured church leaders had a lot of influence and could convince congregants to take out subprime loans." The report presented data from the city of Baltimore , where more than half
880-529: A number of bank takeovers. In 2007, Wells Fargo acquired Greater Bay Bancorp, which had $ 7.4 billion in assets, in a $ 1.5 billion transaction. It also acquired Placer Sierra Bank and CIT Group 's construction unit that same year. In 2008, Wells Fargo acquired United Bancorporation of Wyoming and Century Bancshares of Texas. On October 3, 2008, after Wachovia turned down an inferior offer from Citigroup, Wachovia agreed to be bought by Wells Fargo for about $ 14.8 billion in stock. The next day,
968-733: A number of heritage-listed sites, including: According to the 2021 census , there were 24,565 people in Goulburn. Of these: Goulburn is located a small distance east of the peak ridge of the Great Dividing Range and is 690 metres (2,264 ft) above sea level. It is intersected by the Wollondilly River and the Mulwaree River , and the confluence of these two rivers is also located here. The Wollondilly then flows north-east, into Lake Burragorang ( Warragamba Dam ) and eventually into
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#17328510408141056-502: A partnership that lasted from 1828 to 1847. Abbot and his son specialized in bodies, Downing and his sons in the running gear. In 1847, Downing went into direct competition with his former partner, taking his two sons into a new partnership known as Lewis Downing and Sons. Abbot continued building vehicles under the name Abbot-Downing Company of Concord, New Hampshire. Lewis Downing retired in 1865, and his two sons joined in partnership with Abbot. Lewis Downing Jr. assumed leadership of
1144-473: A plan to offer smartphone-based transactions with mobile wallets including Wells Fargo Wallet, Android Pay and Samsung Pay. In June 2018, Wells Fargo sold all 52 of its physical bank branch locations in Indiana , Michigan , and Ohio to Flagstar Bank . In September 2018, Wells Fargo announced it would cut 26,450 jobs by 2020 to reduce costs by $ 4 billion. In March 2019, CEO Tim Sloan resigned amidst
1232-421: A population of 665 people, 444 males and 211 females. This number had jumped to 1,171 inhabitants by 1847, 686 males and 485 females. It had a courthouse, police barracks, churches, hospital and post office and was the centre of a great sheep and farming area. A telegraph station opened in 1862, by which time there were about 1,500 residents, a blacksmith 's shop, two hotels, two stores, the telegraph office and
1320-560: A series of acquisitions. In 1986, it acquired Crocker National Bank from Midland Bank . Then, in 1987 it acquired the personal trust business of Bank of America . In 1988, it acquired Barclays Bank of California from Barclays plc . In 1991, Wells Fargo spent $ 491 million to acquire 130 branches in California from Great American Bank . In 1996, Wells Fargo acquired First Interstate Bancorp for $ 11.6 billion. Integration went poorly as many executives left. Wells Fargo became
1408-471: Is Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. , a national bank that designates its Sioux Falls, South Dakota , site as its main office (and therefore is treated by most U.S. federal courts as a citizen of South Dakota). It is the fourth-largest bank in the United States by total assets and is also one of the largest as ranked by bank deposits and market capitalization . It has 8,050 branches and 13,000 automated teller machines and 2,000 stand-alone mortgage branches. It
1496-617: Is cross-selling , the practice of encouraging existing customers to buy additional banking services. This led to the Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal . Wells Fargo has international offices in London , Dublin , Paris , Dubai , Singapore , Tokyo , Shanghai , Beijing , and Toronto , among others. Back-offices are in India and the Philippines with more than 20,000 staff. Notably, Wells Fargo
1584-517: Is an American multinational financial services company with a significant global presence. The company operates in 35 countries and serves over 70 million customers worldwide. It is a systemically important financial institution according to the Financial Stability Board , and is considered one of the " Big Four Banks " in the United States, alongside JPMorgan Chase , Bank of America , and Citigroup . The company's primary subsidiary
1672-420: Is distributed evenly throughout the year, with an annual average of 542.8 mm (21.4 in). Snow occasionally falls, although rarely in significant quantities due to the rainshadow brought about by the hills to the west-northwest of Goulburn (around Crookwell ). Temperature extremes have ranged from −10.9 to 42.8 °C (12.4 to 109.0 °F). As a major settlement of southern New South Wales, Goulburn
1760-463: Is home to Goulburn Correctional Centre , more generically known as Goulburn Gaol. It is a maximum-security male prison, the highest-security prison in Australia and is home to some of the most dangerous, and infamous, prisoners. One of these prisoners was Ivan Robert Marko Milat (27 December 1944 – 27 October 2019) an Australian serial killer who was convicted of the backpacker murders in 1996. Goulburn
1848-470: Is home to Australia's oldest existing theatre company Lieder Theatre Company, established in 1891. The Lieder Theatre Company presents up to five major performance projects each year, along with numerous community events, readings, workshops, and short seasons of experimental and new work. The company, along with the Lieder Youth Theatre Company, is based in the historic Lieder Theatre, built by
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#17328510408141936-612: Is now the Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre with steam, diesel and rolling stock exhibits. Rail First Asset Management (previously known as CFCL Australia ) operate the Goulburn Railway Workshops . St Saviour's Cathedral , designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket , was completed in 1884 with the tower being added in 1988 to commemorate the Bicentenary of Australia. Though completed in 1884, some earlier burials are in
2024-431: Is the first major national U.S. bank to undergo a successful unionization drive. As of October 2024, 20 branch locations have joined Wells Fargo Workers United-CWA, a division of Communications Workers of America in less than a year. Wells Fargo operates under Charter No. 1, the first national bank charter issued in the United States. This charter was issued to First National Bank of Philadelphia on June 20, 1863, by
2112-635: Is the second-largest retail mortgage originator in the United States, originating one out of every four home loans and services $ 1.8 trillion in home mortgages, one of the largest servicing portfolios in the U.S. It is one of the most valuable bank brands. Wells Fargo is ranked 47th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in the U.S. In addition to banking, the company provides equipment financing via subsidiaries including Wells Fargo Rail and provides investment management and stockbrokerage services. A key part of Wells Fargo's business strategy
2200-579: Is the southern terminus of the Southern Highlands Line which reaches from the Sydney suburb Campbelltown and is part of the NSW TrainLink intercity passenger train system. Most services for Goulburn operate to Moss Vale , some 65 km (40 mi) north-east, while there are also daily direct express Sydney Central services covered by Sydney's suburban Opal card . The station is also served by
2288-605: The Arctic . The company has also provided financing to renewable energy projects. The company operates the Wells Fargo History Museum at 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Displays include original stagecoaches , photographs, gold nuggets and mining artifacts, the Pony Express , telegraph equipment, and historic bank artifacts. The museum also has a gift shop . In January 2015, armed robbers in an SUV smashed through
2376-650: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act in the form of a preferred stock purchase by the United States Department of the Treasury . As a result of requirements of the government stress tests , the company raised $ 8.6 billion in capital in May 2009. On December 23, 2009, Wells Fargo redeemed $ 25 billion of preferred stock issued to the United States Department of the Treasury . As part of
2464-582: The FDIC to reach an amicable solution to the impasse. The negotiations failed. Citigroup was unwilling to take on more risk than the $ 42 billion that would have been the cap under the previous FDIC-backed deal (with the FDIC incurring all losses over $ 42 billion). Citigroup did not block the merger, but sought damages of $ 60 billion for breach of an alleged exclusivity agreement with Wachovia. On October 28, 2008, Wells Fargo received $ 25 billion of funds via
2552-607: The Federal and Hume Highways. Goulburn benefited from the 1992 Hume Highway bypass, prompting significant civic rejuvenation and removing 23,000 cars from the city each day. Goulburn's city centre was populated by a notable number of eateries owned and operated by Greek migrants, as part of a broader trend of Greek cafes and milk bars in regional Australia. Years after the bypass, the main street featured numerous neon signs advertising businesses that had since gone out of business some of which are preserved today. Goulburn railway station
2640-613: The Hume Highway . It has a central historic park and many historic and listed buildings. It is also home to the monument the Big Merino , a sculpture that is the world's largest concrete sheep. Goulburn was named by surveyor James Meehan after Henry Goulburn , Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies, and the name was ratified by Governor Lachlan Macquarie . The colonial government made land grants to free settlers such as Hamilton Hume in
2728-812: The Ngunawal language group. To the north of Goulburn, Gundungurra was spoken within the lands of the Dharawal people. This was due to Gundungurra people of the Blue Mountains being driven south from their traditional land due to Governor Macquarie's punitive parties sent to massacre the Dharawal and Gundungurra People, at the behest of influential settlers. Their neighbours were the Dharawal to their north and Dharug surrounding Sydney, Darkinung , Wiradjuri , Ngunawal and Thurrawal, eastwards peoples. The first recorded settler in Goulburn established 'Strathallan' in 1825 (on
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2816-655: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency . Wells Fargo, in its present form, is a result of a merger between the original Wells Fargo & Company and Minneapolis -based Norwest Corporation in 1998. The merged company took the better-known Wells Fargo name and moved to Wells Fargo's hub in San Francisco. At the same time, Norwest's banking subsidiary merged with Wells Fargo's Sioux Falls-based banking subsidiary. Wells Fargo became
2904-531: The Philadelphia Mint and "express" mail delivery that was faster and less expensive than U.S. Mail. American Express was not interested in serving California. By the end of the California Gold Rush , Wells Fargo was a dominant express and banking organization in the West, making large shipments of gold and delivering mail and supplies. It was also the primary lender of Butterfield Overland Mail Company, which ran
2992-737: The Tasman Sea via the Hawkesbury River . The city is located within the Southern Tablelands Temperate Grassland . Owing to its elevation, Goulburn has an oceanic climate ( Cfb ) with warm summers and cool to cold winters; with a high diurnal range . Its climate is variable much of the year, though generally dry with maximum temperatures ranging from 11.8 °C (53.2 °F) in July to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F) in January. Rainfall
3080-477: The Wells Fargo account fraud scandal and former general counsel C. Allen Parker became interim CEO. In July 2019, Principal Financial Group acquired the company's Institutional Retirement & Trust business. On September 27, 2019, Charles Scharf was announced as the firm's new CEO. In 2020, the company sold its student loan portfolio. In May 2021, the company sold its Canadian Direct Equipment Finance business to Toronto-Dominion Bank . In 2021,
3168-672: The Canberra Rugby League and also the Group 6 Rugby League before folding. The town's junior rugby league team is still called the Goulburn Junior Stockmen. The Goulburn Dirty Reds rugby union team play in the John I Dent Cup third grade and Goulburn City Swans Australian rules club play in a lower grade Canberra competition. Other sports played in the town include soccer, cricket and tennis among others. The Goulburn Medical Clinic
3256-568: The Goulburn area from the opening of the area to settlement in about 1820. Land was later sold to settlers within the Nineteen Counties , including Argyle County (the Goulburn area). The process displaced the local indigenous Mulwaree population and the introduction of exotic livestock drove out a large part of the Aboriginal peoples' food supply. The Mulwaree People lived throughout the area covering Goulburn, Crookwell and Yass and belong to
3344-525: The NMS the second largest civil settlement in U.S. history, only trailing the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement . The five banks were also required to comply with 305 new mortgage servicing standards. Oklahoma held out and agreed to settle with the banks separately. On April 5, 2012, a federal judge ordered Wells Fargo to pay $ 3.1 million in punitive damages over a single loan, one of
3432-405: The U.S. levied a $ 3.7 billion loan-management fine upon Wells Fargo. In March 2023, Wells Fargo blamed a technical glitch for misstating the balances of customers' accounts, in many cases incorrectly deeming the customers as having a negative bank balance. Subsequently, in 2023, prison sentencing took place for employee-directed money laundering and funneling cash illegally to Mexico through
3520-538: The bank of imposing excessive overdraft fees on checking-account customers. On February 9, 2012, it was announced that the five largest mortgage servicers ( Ally Financial , Bank of America , Citigroup , JPMorgan Chase , and Wells Fargo) agreed to a settlement with the US Federal Government and 49 states over improper foreclosure practices in the 2010 United States foreclosure crisis , including "robo-signing" (having someone fraudulently sign that they know
3608-487: The bank steered African Americans and Hispanics into high-cost subprime loans. A Wells Fargo spokesman responded that "The policies, systems, and controls we have in place – including in Illinois ;– ensure race is not a factor..." An affidavit filed in the case stated that loan officers had referred to black mortgage-seekers as "mud people," and the subprime loans as "ghetto loans." According to Beth Jacobson,
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3696-690: The bank's accurate calculations. The award was affirmed on appeal in 2013. In May 2013, New York attorney-general Eric Schneiderman announced a lawsuit against Wells Fargo over alleged violations of the national mortgage settlement. Schneidermann claimed Wells Fargo had violated rules over giving fair and timely serving. In 2015, a judge sided with Wells Fargo. On August 14, 2012, Wells Fargo agreed to pay around $ 6.5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges that in 2007 it sold risky mortgage-backed securities without fully realizing their dangers. In 2016, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $ 1.2 billion to settle allegations that
3784-525: The buildings in the city, including the first public swimming baths opened in 1892; the old Town Hall constructed in 1888; the Goulburn Base Hospital designed in 1886; the old Fire Station built in 1890; the Masonic Temple built in 1928; he also designed the earlier building of 1890 it replaced. Goulburn's first permanent fire station built 1890 and designed by local architect E.C. Manfred. The city
3872-466: The cash used to buy four planes that shipped a total of 22 tons of cocaine into Mexico. In August 2010, Wells Fargo was fined by United States district court judge William Alsup for overdraft practices designed to "gouge" consumers and "profiteer" at their expense, and for misleading consumers about how the bank processed transactions and assessed overdraft fees. In May 2013, Wells Fargo paid $ 203 million to settle class-action litigation accusing
3960-424: The children to the government schools. The Catholic authorities declared that they had no money to install the extra toilets. Nearly 1,000 children turned up to be enrolled locally and the state schools were unable to accommodate them. The strike lasted only a week but generated national debate. In 1963 the prime minister, Robert Menzies , made state aid for science blocks part of his party 's platform. Goulburn has
4048-474: The city), along with the completion of the line from Sydney to Albury in 1883, was a boon to the city. Later branchlines were constructed to Cooma (opened in 1889) and later extended further to Nimmitabel and then to Bombala , and to Crookwell and Taralga . Goulburn became a major railway centre with a roundhouse and engine servicing facilities and a factory which made pre-fabricated concrete components for signal boxes and station buildings. The roundhouse
4136-658: The company fixed its internal problems to the satisfaction of the Federal Reserve. In September 2021, Wells Fargo incurred further fines from the United States Justice Department charging fraudulent behavior by the bank against foreign-exchange currency trading customers. Bloomberg L.P. reported in March 2022 that Wells Fargo was the only major lender in 2020 to reject more home refinance applications from Black applicants than it approved. In December 2022,
4224-719: The company hired 25 investment bankers from Citadel LLC . In April 2012, Wells Fargo acquired Merlin Securities. In December 2012, it was rebranded as Wells Fargo Prime Services. In December of that year, Wells Fargo acquired a 35% stake in The Rock Creek Group LP. The stake was increased to 65% in 2014 but sold back to management in July 2018. In 2015, Wells Fargo Rail acquired GE Capital Rail Services and merged in with First Union Rail . In late 2015, Wells Fargo acquired three GE units focused on business loans equipment financing. In March 2017, Wells Fargo announced
4312-811: The company in 1929. A former quarry adjacent to the Main Southern railway line in North Goulburn was used to film cliff top scenes in the 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge . The most popular sport in Goulburn is rugby league . The town has a team, the Goulburn City Bulldogs, who play in the Canberra Rugby League . The club was founded in 2020, superseding the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs. Historically, there have been many clubs in Goulburn, including: The Goulburn Stockmen played in both
4400-459: The company sold its asset management division, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to private equity firms GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners for $ 2.1 billion. WFAM had $ 603 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2020, of which 33% was invested in money market funds . WFAM was rebranded as Allspring Global Investments . In 2022, Wells Fargo announced a goal of reducing absolute emissions by companies it lends to in
4488-603: The company violated the False Claims Act by underwriting over 100,000 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) backed loans when over half of the applicants did not qualify for the program. Goulburn Goulburn ( / ˈ ɡ oʊ l b ər n / GOHL -bərn ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales , Australia, approximately 195 kilometres (121 mi) south-west of Sydney and 90 kilometres (56 mi) north-east of Canberra . It
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#17328510408144576-486: The contents of a document they do not in fact know) and foreclosing without standing via MERS . The settlement, known as the National Mortgage Settlement (NMS), required the servicers to provide about $ 26 billion in relief to distressed homeowners and in direct payments to the federal and state governments; Wells Fargo's share was the second largest, at $ 5.4 billion. This settlement amount makes
4664-749: The context of the Church—it had no legal civil authority or implications. An absolute and retrospective declaration to this effect was made in 1865 in the Colenso Case, by the Judiciary Committee of the Privy Council. However, under the authority of the Crown Lands Act 1884 (48. Vict. No. 18), Goulburn was officially proclaimed a City on 20 March 1885 removing any lingering doubts as to its status. This often unrecognised controversy has in no way hindered
4752-520: The creation of fictitious accounts. In 1981, it was discovered that a Wells Fargo assistant operations officer, Lloyd Benjamin "Ben" Lewis, had perpetrated one of the largest embezzlements in history through its Beverly Drive branch. During 1978–1981, Lewis had successfully written phony debit and credit receipts to benefit boxing promoters Harold J. Smith ( né Ross Eugene Fields) and Sam "Sammie" Marshall, chairman and president, respectively, of Muhammad Ali Professional Sports, Inc. (MAPS), of which Lewis
4840-624: The death of Lewis Downing Jr. in 1901, ownership of the company assets passed to Samuel C. Eastman. The society sold the assets to a Concord banker who kept them but sold the name Abbot Downing to the Wells Fargo Company. Some local investors resurrected Abbot, Downing's activities in 1912, adding motorized trucks and fire engines to the new catalogue. It was dissolved in 1925. Freeman Cobb (1830–1878), born in Brewster, Massachusetts , joined express agents Adams & Co in 1849. In 1853, he
4928-507: The development of Goulburn as a regional centre, with an impressive court house (completed in 1887) and other public buildings, as a centre for wool selling, and as an industrial town. In 1962, Goulburn was the focus of the fight for state aid to non-government schools. An education strike was called in response to a demand for installation of three extra toilets at a local Catholic primary school, St Brigid's. The local Catholic archdiocese closed down all local Catholic primary schools and sent
5016-665: The diocese. This was the last instance in which Letters Patent were used in this manner in the British Empire, as they had been significantly discredited for use in the colonies, and were soon to be declared formally invalid and unenforceable in this context. Several legal cases over the preceding decade in particular had already established that the monarch had no ecclesiastical jurisdiction in colonies possessing responsible government. This had been granted to NSW in 1856, seven years earlier. The Letters Patent held authority only over those who submitted to it voluntarily, and then only within
5104-579: The distinction of being proclaimed a City on two occasions. The first, unofficial, proclamation was claimed by virtue of Royal Letters Patent issued by Queen Victoria on 14 March 1863 to establish the Diocese of Goulburn. It was a claim made for ecclesiastical purposes, as it was required by the traditions of the Church of England. The Letters Patent also established St Saviour's Church as the Cathedral Church of
5192-585: The first major US financial services firm to offer internet banking, in May 1995. After its string of acquisitions, in 1998, Wells Fargo Bank was acquired by Norwest Corporation of Minneapolis, with the combined company assuming the Wells Fargo name. It then began on another set of acquisitions, starting in 2000, when Wells Fargo Bank acquired National Bank of Alaska and First Security Corporation . In late 2001, it acquired H.D. Vest Financial Services for $ 128 million, but sold it in 2015 for $ 580 million. The 2007–2008 financial crisis resulted in
5280-460: The former campus of the Goulburn College of Advanced Education located on the banks of the Wollondilly River . The New South Wales Police Academy is now the largest education institution for law enforcement officers in the southern hemisphere. Since its relocation there has been significant expansion of the facilities including a new site on the Taralga Road which houses the New South Wales Police School of Traffic and Mobile Policing . Goulburn
5368-498: The graveyard adjacent to the cathedral. St Saviour's is the seat of the Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn . The Church of SS Peter and Paul is the former cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn . The Goulburn Viaduct was built in 1915 replacing an earlier structure. This brick arch railway viaduct spanning the Mulwaree Ponds is the longest on the Main Southern railway line and consists of 13 arches each spanning 13.1 m (43 ft). Goulburn holds
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#17328510408145456-452: The largest fines for a bank ever for mortgaging service misconduct, after the bank improperly charged Michael Jones, a New Orleans homeowner, with $ 24,000 in mortgage fees, after the bank misallocated payments to interest instead of principal. Elizabeth Magner, a federal bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana, cited the bank's behavior as "highly reprehensible", stating that Wells Fargo has taken advantage of borrowers who rely on
5544-750: The local taxi service that operates twenty-seven taxis, Goulburn Radio Cabs. A bus service is operated by PBC Goulburn . The Goulburn Post, established as the Goulburn Evening Post in 1870 is Goulburn's local newspaper. It runs three times per week and is owned by Australian Community Media . Radio stations with transmitters located in or nearby to Goulburn include: AM: FM: Depending on location some Illawarra- and/or Canberra-based radio stations can also heard. Commercial radio services from Goulburn are also broadcast to Braidwood . Goulburn receives five free-to-air television networks relayed from Canberra, and broadcast from nearby Mt Gray: A much smaller retransmission site also exists to cover residences in
5632-484: The long distance Southern XPT and Xplorer trains between Sydney and Griffith , Canberra and Melbourne Southern Cross railway station . All services are operated by NSW TrainLink. Goulburn also has eight direct return NSW Trainlink buses to Canberra per week giving access to Canberra Airport , city and hospitals. Goulburn Airport is approximately 7 km (4 mi) south of Goulburn and services light aircraft. Public transport within Goulburn consists of
5720-425: The mail route. Wells Fargo then operated the western portion of the Pony Express . Six years later, the "Grand Consolidation" united Wells Fargo, Holladay, and Overland Mail stage lines under the Wells Fargo name. In 1872, Lloyd Tevis , a friend of the Central Pacific "Big Four" and holder of rights to operate an express service over the Transcontinental Railroad , became president of the company after acquiring
5808-582: The manner of" Abbot & Downing. Most Australian-made coaches were 12 and 25 passenger vehicles. A coach for 60 passengers was built at Bathurst but proved a failure. Other coachbuilding factories were established at Goulburn , Bourke , Castlemaine , Brisbane and Charleville . In 1855, Adams & Co ran daily express Concord coaches from Valparaiso to Santiago . Freeman Cobb lost money in banking investments and returned to Adams & Co to manage their Boston agency. In 1871, he took his family and settled in Port Elizabeth , South Africa where he operated
5896-451: The museum's glass doors and stole gold nuggets. The company previously operated other museums but those have since closed. The company has been the subject of several investigations by regulators. Many of these issues have resulted in reputational damage. On February 2, 2018, the Wells Fargo account fraud scandal resulted in the Federal Reserve barring Wells Fargo from growing its nearly $ 2 trillion asset base any further until
5984-583: The new partnership. Abbot-Downing made coaches and large passenger vehicles of all kinds, including horse-drawn streetcars . They made all kinds of wagons, including ambulances and gun carriages during the Civil War . Incorporated in 1873, they kept offices in New York and in Boston at 388 Atlantic Avenue. By 1900, the period of great prosperity was over. They had opened shops in New York and Vermont and established an agency in Australia but — instead of taking to mass production like most industries — Abbot, Downing stuck with custom orders and handwork. After
6072-443: The oil and gas sector by 26% by 2030 from 2019 levels. Some critics say these goals conflict with the bank being the largest lender to fossil fuel companies in the U.S. and one of the largest globally. The company has committed to net zero financed emissions by 2050; however, major environmental groups are skeptical if this goal will be achieved. The company has stated that it will not finance any hydrocarbon exploration projects in
6160-546: The other two coaches soon joined it. Francis Boardman Clapp (1833–1920), American founder of the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company and an early partner in Cobb & Co, advertised himself from 1867 as "Victoria's Sole Agent for Abbott, Downing & Company's Coaches, Carriages and Buggies". His office and showroom was at 65 Little Collins Street , Melbourne. In 1862, Cobb & Co left Melbourne and established headquarters in Bathurst, New South Wales , including new coach and harness factories which built them coaches "in
6248-554: The properties subject to foreclosure on a Wells Fargo loan from 2005 to 2008 now stand vacant, and 71 percent of those are in predominantly black neighborhoods. Wells Fargo agreed to pay $ 125 million to subprime borrowers and $ 50 million in direct down payment assistance in certain areas, for a total of $ 175 million. In a March 2010 agreement with US federal prosecutors, Wells Fargo acknowledged that between 2004 and 2007 Wachovia had failed to monitor and report suspected money laundering by narcotics traffickers, including
6336-532: The redemption of the preferred stock, Wells Fargo also paid accrued dividends of $ 131.9 million, bringing the total dividends paid to $ 1.441 billion since the preferred stock was issued in October 2008. In April 2009, Wells Fargo acquired North Coast Surety Insurance Services. In 2010, hedge fund administrator Citco purchased the trust company operation of Wells Fargo in the Cayman Islands . In 2011,
6424-600: The same route was opened in September 1854. Neither Adams & Co nor Wells Fargo had become properly set up in Australia. However, their former employees remained in Australia and formed a partnership, Cobb & Co . Their average age was 22. On January 30, 1854, the new firm, having mounted seats in the former Adams & Co Concord wagons, started a stagecoach service running the 100 miles (160 km) or so between Bendigo and Melbourne through Castlemaine , then named Forest Creek. This service proved very profitable . 1856
6512-415: The site of the present Police Academy) and a town was originally surveyed in 1828, although moved to the present site of the city in 1833 when the surveyor Robert Hoddle laid it out. George Johnson purchased the first land in the area between 1839 and 1842 and became a central figure in the town's development. He established a branch store with a liquor licence in 1848. The 1841 census records Goulburn had
6600-458: The suburb of Eastgrove. Goulburn's second court house was built in 1847; designed by Mortimer Lewis , the colonial architect . James Barnet , the colonial architect from 1862 to 1890, built a number of buildings in Goulburn. These included the Goulburn Gaol that opened 1884; the current court house that opened in 1887; and a post office in 1881. Barnet's successor, Walter Liberty Vernon ,
6688-481: The two drivers. They were drawn by ten mules and carried besides the twenty-five pounds of luggage allowed to each traveller all the Government parcels and mails." . . . "the coach never stopping day or night except at stations every twelve miles or so where the mules were changed or at a wayside store where half an hour was allowed for a hasty meal." Percy F Hone . Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company
6776-706: The war, the REA was privatized and continued service until 1975. In 1923, Wells Fargo Nevada merged with the Union Trust Company to form the Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company. In 1954, Wells Fargo & Union Trust shortened its name to Wells Fargo Bank. Four years later, it merged with American Trust Company to form the Wells Fargo Bank American Trust Company. It changed its name back to Wells Fargo Bank in 1962. In 1968, Wells Fargo
6864-520: Was also listed as a director; Marshall, too, was a former employee of the same Wells Fargo branch as Lewis. In excess of $ 300,000 was paid to Lewis, who pled guilty to embezzlement and conspiracy charges in 1981, and testified against his co-conspirators for a reduced five-year sentence. (Boxer Muhammad Ali had received a fee for the use of his name, and had no other involvement with the organization. ) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit against Wells Fargo on July 31, 2009, alleging that
6952-543: Was constructed to pump water from the Wingecarribee Reservoir in the Southern Highlands to Goulburn, opening in 2011. This pipeline has a capacity of 7.5 ML per day. The $ 54 million water supply pipeline was at the time the largest construction project in the history of Goulburn. Goulburn is approximately two hours' drive from Sydney via the Hume Highway , or a one-hour drive from Canberra via
7040-503: Was converted to a federal banking charter and became Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In that same year, Wells Fargo merged with Henry Trione's Sonoma Mortgage in a $ 10.8 million stock transfer, making Trione the largest shareholder in Wells Fargo until Warren Buffett and Walter Annenberg surpassed him. One year later, Wells Fargo & Company holding company was formed, with Wells Fargo Bank as its main subsidiary. In September 1983,
7128-600: Was drawn up by Surveyor Hoddle and was gazetted in 1833. Goulburn is the seat of the Goulburn Mulwaree Shire local government area (LGA) of New South Wales, Australia formed in 2004. The most recent elections for Council were held on 4 December 2021. The Police Academy relocated to Goulburn from Sydney in 1984. At this time it was known as the New South Wales Police Academy; however, the name has subsequently changed. The Academy has relocated to
7216-487: Was established in 1946 making it the most longstanding medical practice in the city. Historically, it was the first group practice of any size established in New South Wales and probably only the third in Australia. The clinic has a mixture of general practitioners and specialists that provide comprehensive healthcare. With a history of water shortages, an 84 km (52 mi) underground water supply pipeline
7304-591: Was home to Kenmore Hospital, a psychiatric hospital which was finally closed in 2003. Goulburn remains a hub for mental health with facilities now located at the Goulburn Base Hospital . The roundhouse at Goulburn was a significant locomotive depot both in the steam and early diesel eras. After closure it became the Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre , a railway museum with preserved steam and diesel locomotives as well as many interesting examples of rolling stock. Some minor rail operators such as RailPower have used
7392-419: Was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Goulburn had a population of 24,565 as of the 2021 census . Goulburn is the seat of Goulburn Mulwaree Council . Goulburn is a railhead on the Main Southern line , and regional health & government services centre, supporting the surrounding pastoral industry as well as being a stopover for travellers on
7480-440: Was responsible for the first buildings of Kenmore Hospital, completed in 1894. St Saviour's Anglican Cathedral and Hall were designed by Edmund Blacket . Building started in 1874 and it was dedicated in 1884. It was finally consecrated in 1916. A tower was added in 1988 as part of a Bicentennial project but Blacket's plans included a spire which is yet to be added. E.C. Manfred was a prominent local architect responsible for many of
7568-414: Was sent to Melbourne , Australia, with George Mowton, a senior employee, to establish a branch. Cobb had taken over to Australia two Concord thoroughbrace wagons for Adams & Co, and in July 1853 they began a carrying service from Melbourne to its port . The carrying venture was unsuccessful largely because of very bad weather and, like Wells Fargo, Adams & Co withdrew from Australia. A railway on
7656-475: Was the administrative centre for the region and was the location for important buildings of the district. The first lock-up in the town was built in 1830. In 1832 a postal service commenced in Goulburn, four years after the service was adopted in New South Wales. The first town plan had been drawn up by Assistant Surveyor Dixon in 1828, but the site was moved, as it was subject to flooding. The new town plan
7744-476: Was the year of Victoria's greatest gold yield. The following advertisement appeared in Melbourne's Argus in October 1857: "For Sale: Lord & Co., No. 30 King Street, (Melbourne) have on SALE: Coaches. 3 superb concord stage coaches, with seats for 25 passengers." At the end of 1857, the first of these Concord coaches was put into service by Cobb & Co carrying 21 passengers (it later carried 30 passengers), and
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