SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal class action accuses Wells Fargo Bank of encouraging retailers to impose and misrepresent hidden fees on customers’ credit-card purchases, enabling Wells Fargo to profit through “illegal hidden finance charges, and the imposition of double-digit interest rates on consumers.”
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