Wells Fargo continues to grow in Charlotte, even as the San Francisco-based bank scales back its mortgage business, CEO John Stumpf said in an interview Tuesday. “We have a big commitment here, and we love it here,” said Stumpf, who spoke to the Observer during a trip he made to Charlotte to meet with employees and customers. Wells Fargo says it employs about 23,600 in the Charlotte metropolitan area, making it the bank’s biggest employment hub. That’s more than the roughly 20,000 employees Wachovia had in the Charlotte area around the time of its sale to Wells Fargo in 2008. As it adds employees in Charlotte in some lines of business, Wells...
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