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People moves, Peter Thiel, AI for bullion sales, fraud sentencing and more in banking news this week.

JPMorgan Chase said fully vaccinated staff no longer need to wear masks anywhere in its U.S. buildings, amid an easing up in COVID-19 cases that’s paved the way for Wall Street staff to return to offices.

Jane Possell is senior vice president and chief information officer for CNA, responsible for all aspects of the company’s technology portfolio. Jane joined CNA in 2019 from Liberty Mutual where she served in a variety of roles, both in business and technology areas. She was most recently responsible for all Small Commercial and Personal Lines Digital Technology.

Prior to that, Jane spent more than 20 years at Accenture working with 20 of the top 25 U.S. Property & Casualty insurers. As a Managing Director for Accenture, Jane led account teams of up to 750 responsible for identifying, shaping and delivering client solutions, while building internal capabilities for Accenture.

Jane has extensive experience leading global teams and building and executing Diversity & Inclusion strategies. She is passionate about developing leaders and teams that co-create high-quality organizational cultures and use the power of diversity to drive business results.

Jane holds dual degrees in Finance and Communications from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is also a graduate of the Leadership Development Program from the IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Faux love interests have netted more than $1 billion from victims in the past five years. Here's what banks can do to shield account holders from fraudsters.

Affirm shares tumbled after the buy now/pay later firm whipsawed investors with an errant, early release of partial financial results and then forecast quarterly revenue that missed analyst estimates.

Unify Financial Credit Union is using a 30-second spot featuring safety Terrell Burgess to highlight the Texas organization's expansion within California.

Dayna Chucta is a consumer financial services litigation attorney with McCarter & English

Starling Bank Ltd. is weighing plans for a fresh funding round that could value the U.K. challenger at around 2.5 billion pounds ($3.4 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.

The registry created by the law — whose implementing rules are being written now — is worse than useless, pairing unverified data with severe penalties for misuse. It will confuse bankers, burden small businesses and embolden crooks.