Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-090441-018392

[Gunnar Larson]

Hello:

Thank you.

When possible today, can you please confirm the below description of this
FOIL is correct?

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2022-090441: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to receive any and all
records concerning
NAACP, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and PayPal collusion, where facts and
figures beg the question of coordinated systematic racism associated with
PayPal's conditional Bitlicense award.

We would like to receive any records that would indicate NY-DFS' insights
into both PayPal and
Wells Fargo partnering to organize a clear scheme to profit off of New
York's minority population (according to the details below). We would like
to receive any and all records that indicate New York State NOT choosing to
ignore the relevant facts associated with this matter.

Furthermore, we would like to receive any and all records that indicate the
New York State Retirement Fund is not being leveraged as a key investor in
the associated scheme.

Below kindly find detail that supports this records request: *March 11,
2022:* Bloomberg reported that Wells
Fargo approved fewer than half of Black applicants were approved by the
biggest bank mortgage lender:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-wells-fargo-black-home-loan-refinancing/
*August 19, 2021:*

Wells Fargo Launches Passive Bitcoin Fund for Wealthy Clients,
minority and low income clients excluded:
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/wells-fargo-
launches-passive-bitcoin-fund-for-wealthy-clients-2021-08-19 *

October 22, 2020:

*PayPal first
to receive NY conditional virtual currency 'Bitlicense.' PayPal Inc. became
the first firm to receive
a conditional virtual currency license from the New York State Department
of Financial
Services*: *
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Ib5cd5e2f149c11ebbea4f0dc9fb69570/View/FullText.ht
ml?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0 *July
23, 2021, Wells
Fargo Stock Ownership: * Ownership (NYS:WFC) Total Shares Outstanding 13F
Ownership # of
13 Holders Insider Ownership 4,107,998,274.00 77.05% 2,062.00 0.12% Top 10
13F Holders 13F
Holders % Total Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current
Shares Market Value
(B), USD New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.26% 0.46% 10,617,151
$414.81M New
York State Teachers Retirement System 0.13% 0.44% 5,219,084 $203.91M Bank
of New York
Mellon Corp 0.77% 0.25% 31,624,345 $1.24B *July 23, 2021, PayPal Stock
Ownership: *
Ownership (NAS:PYPL) Total Shares Outstanding 13F Ownership # of 13 Holders
Insider Ownership 1,174,728,054.00 86.69% 2,661.00 6.11% Top 10 13F Holders
13F Holders % Total
Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current Shares Market
Value (B), USD Bank of
New York Mellon Corp 0.97% 0.57% 11,452,187 $2.78B Goldman Sachs Group Inc
0.64% 0.46%
7,554,169 $1.83B Wells Fargo & Co 0.64% 0.41% 7,465,572 $1.81B New York
State Common
Retirement Fund 0.20% 0.62% 2,317,196 $562.71M New York State Teachers
Retirement
System 0.13% 0.80% 1,521,757 $369.54M” Expected due date: 10.28.22.

Thank you,

Gunnar

Gunnar Larson
xNY.io - Bank.org
646-454-9107

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 1:57 PM <Edward.Meltzer at dfs.ny.gov> wrote:

> Good afternoon,
>
>
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> Attached please find correspondence from the NYS Department of Financial
> Services, pertaining to your FOIL request.
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> Thank you.
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> Tracking Number:FOIL-2022-090441-018392
>
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