Wells Fargo has matched
rival JPMorgan Chase by posting a record quarterly net
income for the three months to 31 March.

Wells recorded a net
profit of $3.8 bn for the first quarter, an increase of 52% from
the corresponding period a year ago.

But total revenue declined
by 5.1% year-on-year to $20.3bn.

The linked-quarter decline
in revenue was primarily due to lower mortgage banking revenue
(down $741m) and lower net interest income.

Total assets increased by
just over 1% year-on-year to $1.24trn.

Wells’ first quarter
highlights included:

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  • Average core deposits
    increased by 5% year-on-year to $796.8bn;
  • Consumer checking
    accounts grew by a net 7.4% from the first quarter last
    year;
  • Retail bank household
    cross-sell ratio for the combined Wells/Wachovia branch network
    increased from 5.60 products per household (pph) in the first
    quarter of 2010 to 5.79 pph, and
  • Alternative channel
    growth: Wells finished the first quarter with 19.4m active online
    customers and 5.5m active mobile banking customers.

Less positive metrics
included a 22 basis points decline in the net interest margin from
4.27% a year ago to 4.05%.

Wells cost-income ratio
also moved in the wrong direction, by 6.1 percentage points from
56.5% to 62.6%.

John Stumpf, Wells Fargo
chairman and CEO, said:

“Our strong first
quarter results reflected positive trends in our business
fundamentals as credit quality improved, capital ratios increased
and cross-selling reached new highs.”