Target updates app after TV station reveals pricing changes

MINNEAPOLIS — Target has modified its smartphone app after a Minneapolis TV station reported that prices displayed on the app changed whenever users approached the retailer’s stores, sometimes rising by hundreds of dollars.

KARE-TV reported the Minneapolis-based retailer recently released an updated version of its app that labels whether the price next to a product is “online” or “in-store.”

The app’s location-tracking function lets users find nearby stores or where specific items are located. But it also appeared to trigger price changes as users entered Target parking lots.

Target said in a statement that the updates to the app make it easier for customers to understand pricing policy. The statement also said every page of the updated app featuring a product will link directly to the company’s policy of matching competitor prices.

Glitches dog Wells Fargo for 2nd day

NEW YORK — The problems with Wells Fargo’s online and mobile banking services, as well as its ATMs, lingered into a second day on Friday as the bank continues to recover from a possible fire at one of its data centers.

The San Francisco-based bank said Friday most of the disrupted services have been restored, but both the bank’s employees and its customers had trouble accessing information on their direct deposits earlier in the day. The bank said that issue has now been corrected.

The bank was extending branch hours by one hour on Friday and Saturday to help customers deal with any issues they might have had during the outages, Wells Fargo said in a statement.