The New Wells Fargo Electronic Deposit Services Break Through Banking Boundaries in the Age of Check 21

Business Wire, March 28, 2005

"The Wells Fargo electronic deposit service is a wonderfully efficient way to more quickly convert a paper check into a bank deposit," Steve Ellis said. "Wells Fargo's Check 21 solutions represent the next stage in payment processing."

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Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $428 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance to more than 23 million customers from more than 6,000 stores and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and elsewhere internationally. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the only "Aaa"-rated bank in the United States.

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