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The company, which had recently expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved, agreed last month to buy a bank in Florida.

The move signals that the Justice Department is satisfied with the bank’s upgrades to its compliance systems after it was ensnared in a money-laundering scandal in Mexico.

Five years have passed since M&T agreed to buy Hudson City, only to be tripped up by anti-money-laundering issues. With a clean bill of health from regulators and Hudson integrated, management is again talking about its interest in deals.

For remaking East West Bank from a small savings institution into a $36.3 billion-asset player with a seat on the front lines of U.S.-China relations — all while churning out record earnings year after year — American Banker is recognizing Ng for being a "Consistent Performer" as part of our 2017 Banker of the Year awards.

The federal banking regulators should create a working group that, rather than propose new rules and regulations, would clarify the application of existing rules to blockchain technology.

A U.S. alcohol maker's $191 million investment in Canadian cannabis could raise difficult questions for the banks that have lent big sums of money to the company.

A U.S. alcohol maker's $191 million investment in Canadian cannabis could raise difficult questions for the banks that have lent big sums of money to the company.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., sent a letter to OCC officials suggesting that Bank of Tokyo was trying to avoid an investigation by New York examiners when it switched to a federal charter.

The federal banking regulators should create a working group that, rather than propose new rules and regulations, would clarify the application of existing rules to blockchain technology.

CFPB director’s departure gives President Trump the chance to revamp the agency; the bank regulator is reverting to its industry-friendly ways.