Company: WFC-PC
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000072971-25-000201
Chunk: 83

Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 83
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 in lending and leasing to specific vendors and we service the underlying collateral.CREDIT CARD SECURITIZATIONS.  Beginning in first quarter 2024, we securitized a portion of our credit card loans to provide a source of funding. Credit card securitizations involve the transfer of credit card loans to a master trust that issues debt securities to third party investors that are collateralized by the transferred credit card loans. The underlying securitized credit card loans and other assets in the master trust are available only for payment of the debt securities issued by the master trust; they are not available to pay our other obligations. In addition, the investors in the debt securities do not have recourse to the general credit of Wells Fargo.We consolidate the master trust because, as the servicer of the credit card loans, we have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance and hold variable interests potentially significant to the VIE. We hold a minimum of 5% seller’s interest in the transferred credit card loans and we retain subordinated securities issued by the master trust, which collectively could result in exposure to potentially significant losses or benefits from the master trust. As of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, we held seller’s interest of $3.9 billion and $6.5 billion, respectively, in the transferred credit card loans and $1.5 billion (at par) and $750 million (at par), respectively, in the subordinated securities issued by the master trust, which are both eliminated in our consolidated financial statements. The transferred credit card loans and debt securities issued to third parties are recognized on our consolidated balance sheet, and classified as loans and long-term debt, respectively.Table 13.6 presents a summary of financial assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs. The carrying value represents assets and liabilities recognized on our consolidated balance sheet. “Total VIE assets” includes affiliate balances that are eliminated upon consolidation, and therefore in some instances will differ from the carrying value of assets.On our consolidated balance sheet, we separately disclose (1) the consolidated assets of certain VIEs that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs, and (2) the consolidated liabilities of certain VIEs for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to Wells Fargo.Table 13.6:  Transactions with Consolidated VIEsCarrying value – asset (liability)(in millions)TotalVIE assetsLoansAll otherassets (