/ Finance Content for 51�ԹϺ��� Davis en /news/wells-fargo-scandal-drove-borrowers-fintech-lenders-uc-davis-study-suggests <p>The Wells Fargo financial scandal in 2016 diminished consumer trust in traditional banks while driving homebuyers to fintech lenders<strong> </strong>for mortgages, a University of California, Davis, study suggests.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304405X25000704">paper</a>, “Trust as an entry barrier: Evidence from FinTech adoption,” was published online in the Journal of Financial Economics. The paper was written by Keer Yang, an assistant professor in the 51�ԹϺ��� Davis Graduate School of Management specializing in finance and financial technology.</p> July 03, 2025 - 9:39am Karen Michele Nikos-Rose /news/wells-fargo-scandal-drove-borrowers-fintech-lenders-uc-davis-study-suggests /news/uc-davis-chancellor-appoints-interim-leaders-finance-operations-and-administration <p class="Default"><span>University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May announced that he has appointed two campus leaders to provide interim leadership for <a href="https://foa.ucdavis.edu/"><span>Finance, Operations and Administration</span></a><span><span>, or FOA,</span></span> once Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff <a href="/news/kelly-ratliff-vice-chancellor-finance-operations-and-administration-retire-june-2022">retires</a> next month after 35 years with the university, and until the new FOA vice chancellor is in place. </span></p> April 19, 2022 - 11:59pm Dave Jones /news/uc-davis-chancellor-appoints-interim-leaders-finance-operations-and-administration