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NEWS: Senator Elizabeth Warren urges US Fed to keep Wells Fargo asset cap, claims AML issues not fixed

AML: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.

BY PETE SCHROEDER

THE Federal Reserve must not remove Wells Fargo’s $1.95 trillion asset cap until the bank has fixed its risk management and compliance issues, top Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has told the U.S. central bank.

In a letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the central bank’s regulatory chief, Michael Barr, Warren said the Fed must reject Wells Fargo reported appeal to have the punishment imposed in 2018 lifted until it “can show that it can properly manage the risks associated with running a large bank.”

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