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Wells Fargo climbs out from under the TARP

When the financial crisis really got into full swing, a lot of banks ended up taking TARP money. Some banks needed it, and some banks were forced by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to take it.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) was one of those banks that was forced to take TARP money, and now it is making plans to pay the TARP money back.

Here's the interesting thing though. While many of the larger banks have paid the TARP money back, Wells Fargo says it is going to pay the money back without having to go out and raise additional funds for the bank -- something other large banks, like Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), didn't do.

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Wells Fargo looking to pull off a JP Morgan-like deal

In an article in the San Fransisco Business Times, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) CEO John Stumpf spoke about how he wouldn't at all mind getting involved in a Federal Reserve brokered deal, like JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) did with Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC).

According to the article: "I would not be averse to a Fed-assisted transaction," Stumpf said, adding that any deal would have to meet the company's traditional acquisition targets and benefit the bank's acquired customers. Wells has built a reputation as a disciplined buyer over the years, focusing on deals that generate at least a 15% internal rate of return and contribute to the bottom line within three years.

"Fixer-uppers don't bother us," he added.

Who wouldn't want to be part of a deal like this? It's become pretty obvious that JP Morgan Chase got an amazing deal to buy Bear Stearns, and now Wells Fargo wants to join the party.

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Last updated: November 27, 2009: 05:55 AM

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