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AI @ Wells Fargo

National footprint, wealth management
Industry
Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Wells Fargo has progressively embraced AI from experimental explainable models in 2021 to widespread adoption of agentic AI agents by 2025, involving partnerships with Google and extensive AI-driven customer interaction via its AI assistant 'Fargo.'
  • AI applications have expanded across fraud detection, loan processing automation, customer experience personalisation, estate management, and risk management, contributing both to cost reduction and improved service quality despite challenges like a 9% drop in net interest income in 2024.
  • By mid-2025, Wells Fargo reported 245 million AI assistant interactions without human intervention, rolled out AI tools to all 215,000 employees, and aggressively implemented Google Agentspace AI agents business-wide, signaling Wells Fargo's strategy to dominate the AI-driven financial services space.

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5 AI Use Cases at Wells Fargo

Employee Efficiency
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Through Google Agentspace partnership, Wells Fargo deploys AI agents internally to empower employees, streamline workflows, and enable proactive client relationship management. [1][2]
Customer Support
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
The AI assistant 'Fargo' handles hundreds of millions of customer interactions autonomously without human handoffs, providing personalized responses and enhancing customer experience. [1][2]
Automated Loans
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
AI powers automated loan processing by verifying identity, income statements, and credit reports, ensuring accuracy and speeding up applicant approvals. [1]
Estate Management
2024
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
AI-driven business automation tools assist customers in settling estate finances post-death, simplifying complex financial processes and improving service delivery. [1]
Fraud Detection
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
Wells Fargo uses AI algorithms to monitor transactions in real time, identifying anomalies that may indicate fraudulent activity to reduce financial crime. [1][2]

Timeline

2025 Q4: no updates

2025 Q3

4 updates

Wells Fargo collaborated with Google Cloud to deploy agentic AI agents across its 215,000 employees and business units to innovate efficiency and enhance client relationships.

2025 Q2

3 updates

Wells Fargo's AI assistant Fargo surpassed 245 million interactions with zero human handoffs and no PII exposure, highlighting privacy-conscious, agentic AI adoption at scale.

2025 Q1

3 updates

Wells Fargo automated loan processing with AI verifying identity and credit data, improved branch employee workflows through AI capabilities, and showcased mature AI use cases.

2024 Q4

2 updates

The bank implemented a two-tier AI integration strategy focusing on mature AI applications and exploratory generative AI projects fueling next-gen financial services innovation.

2024 Q3

3 updates

Facing a 9% decline in net interest income, Wells Fargo emphasized AI and digital growth to sustain business, employed AI for estate settlement services, and cautiously advanced generative AI adoption.

2024 Q2

2 updates

Wells Fargo enhanced customer experience via AI-powered personalized banking assistant and real-time AI transaction anomaly detection for fraud prevention.

2024 Q1: no updates

2023 Q4: no updates

2023 Q3

1 updates

Wells Fargo gained recognition for leading AI transformation, aiming to convert banking into an AI-first industry based on Evident's report.

2023 Q2: no updates

2023 Q1: no updates

2022 Q4: no updates

2022 Q3: no updates

2022 Q2: no updates

2022 Q1: no updates

2021 Q4: no updates

2021 Q3: no updates

2021 Q2

1 updates

Wells Fargo began exploring explainable AI (XAI) for lending risk models to enhance transparency with regulators and customers.