This California-based bank has been serving the financial needs of Americans since 1852.

by Anna Roth

In Short
This financial institution's stagecoach logo isn't just there for show--after Henry Wells and William Fargo opened the bank for Gold Rush prospectors in San Francisco, they wre integral players in a stagecoach network that stretched across the West. Today, the bank has locations across the country and offers personal and business checking, savings and investment accounts and credit cards. Wells Fargo also helps its patrons with home mortgage, insurance, loans and consumer finance.