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Unlike Wells Fargo's unauthorized account openings, concerns in 2003 about banks discounting rates on loans in exchange for customers buying investment-banking products were less about consumer protection than the potential harm to credit quality and competition.

Deutsche Bank said the U.S. Justice Department is seeking $14 billion to settle a probe tied to residential mortgage-backed securities, more money than it's willing to pay.

Still smarting from criticism after it failed to prosecute any high-level executives following the financial crisis, Justice Department investigators are likely to target senior executives at Wells Fargo as they investigate wrongdoing there, according to former DOJ officials.

House Democrats made an unusual move this week to avoid offering amendments or engaging in debate over a massive financial reform bill. Here's why.

Kentucky district court judge rules that the courts cannot interfere with the GSE regulator's wind down of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Federal Reserve's annual stress testing regime violates federal administrative law, a coalition of banking groups said in a white paper released Thursday, likely previewing a court battle that could have far-reaching consequences for the program.

Federal prosecutors are investigating Wells Fargo in connection with the bank’s sales practices after it agreed to pay $190 million in fines and restitution for opening more than 2 million unauthorized accounts, according to a person familiar with the Justice Department investigation.

John Stumpf was coasting toward a carefully planned retirement. But the outcry over sham accounts at the San Francisco bank has put him in a precarious position as he testifies in front of Congress next week.

The revelation of widespread fraud at Wells Fargo branches suggests that no matter how well run a large bank appears to be, it can't detect systemic problems within its own ranks.

With the risk-taking culture at big banks — including that which contributed to the Wells Fargo fiasco — it's a good thing the House bill to weaken Dodd-Frank will never become law.