WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading consumer protection agency has fielded nearly 1 million complaints in a database that helped investigate client abuse at Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), the head of the agency told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said the agency expects to reach 1 million complaints by the end of the week.
"I think (it will be) Thursday," Cordray told the Senate Banking Committee of complaints to the public database that was a tool for investigating customer abuse at Wells Fargo.