James Wendell Purce

CRD 1237253 · Wells Fargo Advisors · Washington, DC

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Jim Purce

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (6): SIESeries 7Series 62Series 6Series 65Series 63
Registered states (15): Arizona · California · Connecticut · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Maryland · Missouri · New York · Ohio · Oregon · Rhode Island · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 42
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Wells Fargo Advisors
Firm CRD: 19616
SEC number: 801-37967
Assets under management: $671.4B as of Jun 23, 2026
Website: www.twitter.com/WFINVESTING ↗
Phone: 314-875-3000
Firm location: St. Louis, MO, 63103-2205

Employment history (13)

From the source registration record · current first

Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
Washington, DC · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
Silver Spring, MD · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
Washington, DC · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo AdvisorsCurrent
Silver Spring, MD · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo AdvisorsCurrent
Washington, DC · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Washington, DC · IA capacity

May 25, 1995 → Jul 1, 2003
Prudential Securities Incorporated
New York, NY · BC capacity

Nov 20, 1992 → Jul 1, 2003
Multi-Financial Securities Corporation
Greenwood Village, CO · BC capacity

Feb 13, 1992 → Dec 3, 1992
First Montauk Securities Corp.
Red Bank, NJ · BC capacity

Jul 29, 1991 → Feb 27, 1992
Mutual Service Corporation
Boston, MA · BC capacity

Nov 6, 1989 → Jun 28, 1991
Lowry Financial Services Corporation
North Palm Beach, FL · BC capacity

Jul 21, 1988 → Mar 31, 1989
Metlife Securities Inc.
BC capacity

Jun 15, 1987 → Jun 28, 1988
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York, NY · BC capacity

Feb 23, 1984 → Jun 24, 1988

Source & corrections

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