Will prosecutors believe a rogue banker was behind Malaysia fraud?; banks that changed standards in Q3 were more likely to ease underwriting.

Motor vehicle agencies are better suited to vet customers’ identities than banks; Goldman unit is stealing customers from big U.K. banks.

The former Goldman CEO is said to be the unnamed executive at a meeting with Asian financier; the bank faces multibillion-dollar penalties in two countries.

The OCC is looking into problems in the bank’s technology operations; banks turn to untraditional methods to raise revenue from research.

Bank discloses the possible repercussions from its alleged involvement in Malaysian fraud; are banks too blase about “systemic riskiness”?

Barclays’ common equity tier 1 ratio is the lowest among those banks tested; the $30 million investment is the bank’s first foreign effort in its “Advancing Cities” program.

The two allegedly helped to defraud a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund; Michelle Bowman is expected to bring a Main Street perspective to the central bank.

Goldman Sachs’ Heidi Cruz takes some flak for comments she made in an interview about her other job — as the wife of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Goldman's Dina Powell turns down a chance to be the next Nikki Haley. And a lawsuit against the American Bankers Association calls it a “boy’s club.”

Consumer finance portal will be able to tell customers which loans they’ll qualify for; Marcus unit will soon offer investment services.

The firm is disbanding its consumer and commercial banking division and will make the Marcus brand one of the new business offerings that can be sold to its wealth management unit’s expanding roster of clients.