The 10-digit penalty marks an important milestone for the bank, but individual ex-bankers may still be at risk and grueling hearings lie ahead for current leadership.

A deferred-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department spares the bank a potential criminal conviction — provided it cooperates with continuing probes and abides by other conditions.

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Regions, Citizens, BMO and others are adopting principles IBM unveiled at Davos.

Lawmakers have also criticized the agency's decision to create qualifying standards for farmers and other small businesses.

The credit union regulator's portfolio sale dashed the hopes of a group of New York taxi drivers looking for relief.

The Wall Street giant will inherit some $56 billion of low-cost deposits that will allow it to offer more traditional banking products to its wealth management clients.

The agency said it wants feedback on changing its ubiquitous logo greeting customers at branches and ATMs to address technological changes, shifting consumer behaviors and bank-nonbank partnerships.

Zember abruptly resigned as CEO of Ameris Bancorp last summer.

David Brager, the California company's sales division manager, will replace Christopher Myers on March 16.