Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today was named Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank in North America for the second year in a row by Global Finance magazine.

Wells Fargo also received global awards in two subcategories of the Global Finance 13^th annual World’s Best Internet Banks competition for Best Corporate/Institutional Online Treasury Services and Best Corporate/Institutional Web Site Design.

“Listening to customers – whether face to face, online through surveys, social media or other means – and responding with innovative products and solutions is crucial to our success,” said Secil Watson, executive vice president and head of Wells Fargo’s Wholesale Internet Solutions Group. “The awards are a great honor, and we’re thankful for our customers’ and team members’ participation in our leadership.

“Wells Fargo’s overall objective,” Watson added, “has always been to simplify our customers’ business lives. That means providing faster, easier access to the information and services they need, such as through our single sign-on Commercial Electronic Office^® (CEO^®) portal and CEO Mobile^® services.”

Wells Fargo earned the Global Finance awards based on its success in attracting and servicing online middle market business and large corporate customers; its breadth of Internet, mobile banking and social media offerings; and continuous innovation and product development, in addition to website design and functionality.

About the CEO portal and the CEO Mobile service

The CEO portal offers Wells Fargo commercial and corporate customers secure single sign-on access to more than 80 online banking services including cash management, credit, foreign exchange, global payments, health benefits, insurance, trade services, trust, investment and retirement. The CEO Mobile service is an extension of select portal services, giving customers the ability to access accounts and make important decisions anytime, anywhere. Customers can use their smartphone to access the CEO Mobile service to initiate and approve payments, receive alerts about critical transactions or items that need attention, review account balances and transactions, manage commercial card expense reporting, review and reset rates for expiring term loans, and administer and reset passwords. More information about CEO Mobile services can be found at http://wholesale.wellsfargobank.com/ceomobile.

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.4 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs, the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and has offices in more than 35 countries to support the bank’s customers who conduct business in the global economy. With more than 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 26 on Fortune’s 2012 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.