Regulation
As the phony-accounts scandal is brewing in 2014, the executive who functions as the top cop inside Wells Fargo gets shown the door.
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The giant bank's woes, and punishment, began years ago — and still linger today. Revisiting the saga's origins now yields several important lessons.
January 31 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data-access rule could create an uneven playing field because banks and credit unions are examined by regulators but hundreds of nonbank fintechs are not.
January 30
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Banks need to be cautious about negotiating pre-merger Community Benefit Agreements with nationwide activist groups. The deals carry real reputational hazard.
January 30 -
It is rare for banks, especially large ones, to receive unsatisfactory ratings in their Community Reinvestment Act examinations. The San Antonio bank has now done it twice in a row.
January 26 -
Rising demand for compliance staffers to help banks meet stress test requirements has increased the chances of lower profitability, according to new research from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
January 23 -
The Wall Street Journal reported the Fed is investigating Goldman Sachs' Marcus division, the company's effort to reach U.S. consumers that has been scaled back. The New York bank's stock fell 2.5% after the news.
January 20 -
Cleveland-based KeyCorp posts a subdued profit in the wake of a loan loss provision that was more than six times greater than the level of fourth-quarter net charge-offs.
January 19 -
AB - Policy & RegulationMichael Hsu, the interim head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, warns that the OCC and other agencies would take harsh steps to punish large banks that chronically violate the rules — including splitting them up.
January 17 -
Six large banks will have to estimate the impact of a major hurricane in the Northeast and one other climate disaster on their real estate portfolios. Policy-related risks will also be explored.
January 17
