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Citigroup agreed to pay a penalty of almost $5.4 million to settle a South African antitrust investigation that said it participated in an alleged cartel to manipulate the value of the rand.
February 21 -
Chief Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver is still battling to reverse five years of declining revenue as he pares back HSBC’s sprawling global footprint and reduces expenses.
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President Trump is considering bankers and financiers, not economists, to fill vacant Fed seats; the ABA is launching an ad campaign to roll back the Durbin Amendment on swipe fees.
February 21 -
Michael Corbat is getting a pay cut for a year when Citigroup's profit fell 14% and return on assets failed to meet his 2016 target.
February 17 - Finance and investment-related court cases
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's temporary legal victory on Thursday has lowered the odds that President Trump will seek to remove the agency's director, Richard Cordray, despite repeated calls by prominent Republicans for his ouster.
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Fannie Mae said it earned $5 billion in the fourth quarter, doubling its profits from a year earlier with a big boost from gains on derivatives the company uses to hedge risk.
February 17 -
Bank of America awarded Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan $20 million for his work last year, raising his compensation 25 percent.
February 17 -
Freddie Mac is ramping up its use of credit risk transfers, completing $215 billion in single-family transfers last year, up to $600 billion since 2013.
February 17 -
The number of new checking accounts at the embattled Wells Fargo fell by double digits year over year, and account closures remained brisk. Yet the figures on credit card applications were worse.
February 17 -
Steven Mnuchin was selected for Treasury Secretary because of his experience at Goldman Sachs and OneWest Bank. But Mnuchin is also known in Hollywood as a "money man." Following are selected films from his many credits.
February 17 -
The Federal Trade Commission is looking at whether auto finance companies that use sophisticated technology like ignition kill switches are illegally harassing subprime borrowers that have fallen behind on their payments.
February 17 -
The Clearing House asks Fincen to do more to fight AML; two federal courts side with consumer agency in separate cases, including question about its constitutionality
February 17 -
Linking payments accounts to public profiles is a convenience that makes digital payments as easy as typing a tweet, but after a high-profile trolling incident involving one of President Trump's closest colleagues, it seems there are still issues to work out.
February 17 -
Instead of sitting around waiting for the next cyberattack, banks are trying to get a little ahead — without breaking the law.
February 16 -
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler is set to rule next week on whether to halt the Justice Department's quest to force banks to cut ties to industries it considers to be at high risk for criminal activity.
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The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and Mastercard have reached an agreement that will reduce payment card interchange rates for members of Canada’s largest small-business organizations, bringing them on par with large merchants’ rates in the market.
February 16 -
The rush to stake out central roles in the emerging Internet of Things is picking up speed, with IBM and Visa announcing a partnership for adding secure payments technology to everyday objects, including vehicles.
February 16 -
JPMorgan Chase has partnered with the fintech firm Roostify to build a digital self-service mortgage platform.
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First Data's quest to be viewed as a diverse digital company means it can't just offer a product; it has to offer a platform that other companies can use.
February 16 - Finance and investment-related court cases
A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to hear an appeal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau challenging a ruling last year that its single-director structure is unconstitutional, a victory for the embattled agency.
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