Wells Fargo & Company Consumer Banking and Lending — Total noninterest expense increased by 13.2% to $6.59B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 11.2%, from $5.93B to $6.59B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Consumer Banking and Lending — Total noninterest expense shows relatively stable performance with a -1.2% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase indicates rising operational costs; a decrease suggests improved cost discipline or operational streamlining.
The sum of all operating expenses for the segment, including both personnel and nonpersonnel costs. This metric is used...
Standard metric for evaluating the total cost base of a business segment.
wfc_segment_consumer_banking_and_lending_total_noninterest_expense| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $6.20B | $6.05B | $6.13B | $6.40B | $6.04B | $6.76B | $7.09B | $6.04B | $6.03B | $5.91B | $6.05B | $6.02B | $5.70B | $5.62B | $5.93B | $5.93B | $5.80B | $5.97B | $5.82B | $6.59B |
| QoQ Change | — | -2.4% | +1.2% | +4.4% | -5.6% | +12.0% | +4.9% | -14.8% | -0.2% | -1.9% | +2.2% | -0.4% | -5.4% | -1.4% | +5.4% | +0.1% | -2.2% | +2.9% | -2.5% | +13.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -2.7% | +11.6% | +15.7% | -5.6% | -0.1% | -12.5% | -14.7% | -0.2% | -5.4% | -4.9% | -2.0% | -1.6% | +1.7% | +6.1% | -1.8% | +11.2% |