Wachovia
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thumb|200px|right|One Wells Fargo Center, formerly One Wachovia Center. The former corporate headquarters of Wachovia in [[Charlotte, North Carolina.]] Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo and Company in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States, based on total assets. Wachovia provided a broad range of banking, asset management, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services. At its height, it was one of the largest providers of financ
Key facts
- Company.name
- Wachovia
- Company.logo
- Wachovia logo.svg
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.fate
- Acquired by Wells Fargo
- Company.traded_as
- NYSE: WB S&P 500 component (until 2008)
- Company.defunct
- (as an independent corporation) (as a brand)
- Company.successor
- Wells Fargo
- Company.industry
- Financial services
- Company.location
- Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
- Company.products
- Banking, Investments
- Company.owner
- Wells Fargo
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- First Union
- Wachovia
- Merger of First Union and Wachovia
- Merger and acquisition history
- Acquisitions
- Prudential Securities
- Metropolitan West Securities
- SouthTrust
- Failed MBNA purchase
- Westcorp
- Golden West Financial/World Savings Bank
- A. G. Edwards
- Historical data (2000–2008)
- 2008 financial crisis
- Government intervention
- Acquisition by Wells Fargo
- Chief executive officers
- Controversies
- Identity theft negligence
- Latin drug cartel money laundering
- See also
- References
- External links
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