TOPEKA, Kan. – A former vice president at Kansas State FCU, in Manhattan, was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay $154,000 in restitution for a fraud scheme. Stephan Johannes, 48, pleaded guilty to a single count of bank fraud. Prosecutors said an internal review of Johannes' loan accounts found numerous cases of customer loans being extended. They said when Johannes changed the due date of a loan, he would also use the bank's computer system to advance funds on the customer's loan.
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Republicans on the House and Senate Small Business committees are accusing the SBA of being irresponsible in granting Funding Circle permission to participate in its flagship loan-guarantee program.
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Strong consumer spending and cross-border activity drove an 8% increase in Visa's total payments volume during the first quarter of the year, although Asia's economic recovery is taking longer than expected.
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Mastercard launches service to fight instant-payment fraud, EU may green-light Apple's NFC-access plan, and more.
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The JPMorgan Chase CEO took aim Tuesday at the proposed Basel III endgame rules, hindrances to mergers and bureaucratic burdens. "I would love to have a more productive relationship with regulators, but I think it takes conversation," Dimon said.
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Many legal experts think the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a case challenging its funding. Such a ruling would unleash a flurry of litigation that has been on hold pending the outcome of the constitutional challenge.
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