Tag: Committee for Better Banks

How Working People Blew the Whistle on Wells Fargo

September 19, 2016

Earlier this month Wells Fargo was fined an extraordinary sum because of pervasive fraudulent banking operations. Missing from the headlines is the full backstory of how the bank’s predatory and high-pressure sales tactics came to light. Wells Fargo is finally starting to be held accountable, in part due to pressure from… Read More»

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Amalgamated Bank Raises Its Minimum Wage to $15, Challenges Other Banks to Follow Suit

August 6, 2015

Today, Amalgamated Bank announced that it will raise wages for all of its employees to $15 an hour, and in doing so, challenged the rest of the banking industry to follow in its footsteps to ensure more Americans have jobs they can sustain a family on. Just weeks after the… Read More»

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