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The bank’s head of global capital markets is joining a private equity firm; Jefferies mortgage bond trader is freed from prison.
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Bankers have long complained that anti-money-laundering regulations impose an extra burden without really stopping major crime. D.C. is finally listening.
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The New Jersey mortgage lender and servicer won a huge victory in January when an appeals court threw out its fine levied by the consumer agency, but the court ruled against the claim that the agency's structure is unconstitutional.
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Early polling shows that the Massachusetts senator is a strong contender for the White House, setting her up to shape the debate on financial services even if she doesn’t run.
May 2
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Which party controls the House next year is still uncertain, but this much is clear: Someone other than Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling will hold the gavel on the Financial Services Committee.
May 2 -
The firm will pay $110 million to settle charges it didn’t control traders; hedge fund executive says he was wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct.
May 2 -
The investment bank has asked Rob Rooney, an executive who wore multiple hats at the company, to focus full time on the data-oriented strategy he has devised for its wealth management, capital markets and other functions.
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Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney’s staff is selling the move of agency employees as a cost-cutting measure. Don’t buy it.
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The acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director should be investigated for potential Hatch Act violations following his controversial remarks at a banking industry conference, Senate Democrats said Tuesday.
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Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the case could not proceed because the OCC has not actually granted the fintech charter to any firm.
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The Federal Savings Bank has been under a spotlight since it was revealed that it provided $16 million in mortgages to onetime Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.
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Such options are being proposed by his top aides as Mulvaney seeks to cut spending at the agency by tens of millions of dollars, according to an internal cost-savings analysis obtained by Bloomberg News. Another budget-trimming idea: making employees share desks.
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Overseas firms have been subject to nonpublic versions of the Federal Reserve reviews, but observers say some foreign banks may be tripped up by the public version.
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Agencies are examining regulating cybercurrencies not named bitcoin; is Paul Achleitner to blame for the German bank’s problems?
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The Treasury secretary has said that he doesn't see changes to the housing finance system happening this year, but he's hopeful something can be done after the elections.
April 30
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Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney told a group of bankers last week that he intends to end public access to complaints, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren and two other Democrats argue that would be a mistake.
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The group says Mulvaney, who also runs OMB, was not totally forthcoming with the Senate Budget Committee about the foreclosure of a property he owns in South Carolina.
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The Treasury secretary said reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will come into focus more in 2019, when Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt’s term will end.
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Since taking office in November of last year, acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney's actions have sparked outrage from his critics seemingly at every turn, including several times just last week.
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The outgoing No. 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the agency's former chair say the proposed changes would increase the likelihood of another financial crisis.
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