Wells to Roll Out 'Steps to Success'

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Des Moines, Iowa,, has announced that it will roll out by year-end a three-part program to help improve the financial well-being of customers who close on a new nonprime home mortgage loan.The program, Steps to Success, will include education, tools, and banking products "designed to put customers on the path to financial stability," the company said. The educational element of the program will provide modules on establishing credit, budgeting, and other topics via Wells Fargo's bilingual financial literacy program, Hands on Banking/El Futuro En Tus Manos. The program will also provide access to a customer's credit report in an easy-to-read format and offer toll-free numbers at which customers can speak with credit education specialists. The third aspect of the program, banking products, will offer checking, savings, and bill-pay products to "encourage solid, automatic money management," Wells Fargo said. The company can be found online at http://www.wellsfargo.com.