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The Bank of England set a date of March 2025 for local banks to establish operational resilience plans, Ant Group is using artificial intelligence to aid shopping, and more.
May 1
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new rules covering the collection and sale of some consumer data. If it's not careful, the agency could be inadvertently assisting identity thieves.
May 1
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A 50% growth in losses from check fraud last year is pushing bankers in Illinois to ask regulators for a joint supervisory guidance and tougher enforcement of large banks' "know your customer" compliance.
April 30
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Toronto-Dominion Bank has taken an initial provision of $450 million in connection with U.S. investigations into its anti-money-laundering practices and said it expects additional penalties to come.
April 30
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After employees at a handful of Wells Fargo branches voted to unionize, CEO Charlie Scharf said the bank is "committed to bargaining in good faith" but also believes employees are "best served by working directly" with managers.
April 30
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Resolutions calling for more details about how the two banks protect Indigenous people's rights failed to win majority approval on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase shareholders are scheduled to vote on a similar proposal next month.
April 30
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A California woman spent more than a decade obtaining reparations for Nazi plundering of her family’s belongings. The money disappeared when identity thieves targeted her, highlighting shortcomings in bank-fraud protections.
April 30
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Consolidation has slowed since the pandemic, but UMB's agreement to buy Heartland Financial — the largest deal in three years — is one of several merger announcements in the past two weeks. Talks among other potential buyers and sellers are said to be picking up.
April 30
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The failure of Republic First isn't a systemic threat or even a surprise. But the conditions that led to its failure are not all that unique and may foreshadow a secular rise in bank consolidation — one that policymakers can either embrace or resist.
April 30
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