How to solve the Wells Fargo problem

If a bank can't stop abusing its customers, shouldn't it lose the right to exist?

A wells Fargo ATM in San Francisco.
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Wells Fargo is in trouble ... again.

This time, the banking giant was caught failing to pay required insurance refunds for recent car buyers. It's just the latest in an ongoing series of alleged abuses of its customers.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.