Wells Fargo & Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a financial services company in the United States. It operates in three segments: Community Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Wells Fargo Financial. Community Banking segment offers deposit products, including checking accounts, savings deposits, market rate accounts, retirement accounts, time deposits, and debit cards; and loan products comprising lines of credit, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, and credit cards. This segment also provides receivables and inventory financing, equipment leases, real estate financing, small business financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll services, retirement plans, health savings accounts, merchant payment processing, and securities brokerage. Wholesale Banking segment provides a range of commercial, corporate, and real estate banking products and services, including commercial loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, mezzanine financing, high-yield debt, international trade facilities, foreign exchange services, treasury management, investment management, institutional fixed income sales, interest rate, commodity and equity risk management, online products, insurance, investment banking, and mortgage brokerage services. Wells Fargo Financial segment comprises consumer finance operations that make direct consumer and real estate loans to individuals and purchase sales finance contracts from retail merchants; and auto finance operations, which purchase sales finance contracts directly from auto dealers and make loans secured by autos. This segment also provides credit cards and lease, and other commercial financing services. As of December 31, 2007, the company operated 5,964 branches and 6,900 ATMs. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.