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After a yearlong investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, large investment banks including BofA, Citi and Deutsche admitted they failed to monitor their employees on certain messaging channels such as WhatsApp.

The London bank is working with Nova Credit to accept immigrants' credit histories from their home countries. It also invested $10 million in the company.

The comptroller, Brad Lander, asked U.S. Bank to outline the number of fake accounts the bank opened for New Yorkers.

Leaders who set clear expectations do not create hostile settings. If anything, good people are motivated knowing what they do is noticed and matters.

The payment firm, which experienced a large but fleeting demand from at-home workers during the pandemic, is moving ahead with products designed for the needs of a transforming economy.

These 10 large banks posted superior returns between 2019 and 2021.

Western Alliance, in its first appearance on the list of leading banks with more than $50 billion of assets, landed at No. 1. The Phoenix company and the other top performers in this class have either created niche businesses, made acquisitions or done both.

Visa has long been Chase's dominant credit card-issuing partner, but Mastercard is making noteworthy inroads, underscored by Chase's new Mastercard-branded DoorDash credit card.

The president referred to so-called bank junk fees in remarks that echoed Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, who has sought to crack down on excessive charges.

Yie-Hsin Hung will join State Street Global Advisors in December, succeeding Cyrus Taraporevala, who has been CEO since 2016. The hiring comes as the Boston-based custody bank continues to await regulatory approval for its acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman's investor services division.

Angel Oak Capital Advisors has helped institutional clients buy subordinated debt with the assistance of a distributed ledger developed by Brightvine. Benefits to the issuer and investors include a central place to find all documents and automated updates when banks pay off their loans.

Financial institutions continue to push back against efforts to be held liable when a consumer is tricked into sending a payment that later turns out to be a scam.

The online lender approved Black applicants at lower rates than non-Hispanic whites, according to a law firm that monitors its artificial intelligence models. Upstart said it's an industry leader in fair lending but acknowledged room for improvement, calling disparities "an industry-wide challenge."

Buy now/pay later loans took off during the pandemic, but the market has gotten crowded. Now, lenders are seeking to set themselves apart with new audiences or business models.

Vermont State Employees Credit Union is attracting new cannabis clients so rapidly that it had to press the pause button to add staff. Another New England lender, Needham Bank, is building its own pot banking business through acquisition.

Reports of the death of branch banking have been greatly exaggerated.

The bank will use the deal to bolster the digital services that it sells to hospitality clients.

The Federal Reserve's capital requirements came up repeatedly during this week's bank CEO hearings, with leading Republicans taking banks' position that capital requirements are excessive.

As the world reshapes its alliances around the Ukraine war, how will banks work with companies and governments to keep trade and the financial system running?

These standout performers all reported a three-year return on average equity above 14%. Two of them topped 20%.