Banking

JPMorgan Chase is in talks to buy a Dublin office building as the bank considers expanding in the Irish capital as one of its options for when Britain leaves the European Union, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Citizens Financial workers say they made up meetings with bank customers to meet sales pressures; car financing subsidiary settles with two states for $26 million for making bad loans.

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Data and analytics tools can help banks and credit unions detect financial patterns that may indicate that human trafficking is occurring.

Business still use lots of checks for payments. That may have worked in the past, but it likely won't work in an increasingly digital future.

Citizens Financial dropped the most in the 24-company KBW Bank Index after some branch workers told a newspaper they faked information about customers attending its "Citizens Checkup" program.

Data and analytics tools can help banks detect financial patterns that may indicate that human trafficking is occurring.

The subprime auto lender funded loans through a group of car dealers that it knew had track records of high default rates and fraud, authorities in Massachusetts and Delaware said.

The OCC’s draft fintech charter requirements are far from perfect. States can seize this chance and collectively create a better regulatory environment for fintechs.

Digital currency proponents now pin their hopes on a bitcoin futures contract; bank reaches $110 million settlement with customers over phony accounts but gets "needs to improve" CRA rating.

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Proposals to split the chairman and CEO roles at banks have rarely succeeded. But new developments — including a proposal to require separate roles for the next generation of managers — are helping concerned shareholders slowly make inroads.

Credit unions are upping their game when it comes to how they're giving back to the communities they serve.

Wells Fargo engaged in an "extensive and pervasive pattern" of discriminatory and illegal lending practices for years, the OCC said in slashing a key rating of how the bank serves communities.

The settlement, which requires judicial approval, will cover customers' fees and other costs related to about 2 million unauthorized accounts.

The Arkansas company has bought 12 banks in Florida since 2010, and its CEO said he had coveted Stonegate for years before agreeing to buy it this week. Yet there is nagging talk about a new bubble in the Sunshine State.

As online lenders and their vendors step up monitoring, patterns of fraud are emerging.

MySpend, the app created by TD Bank and Moven, is a hit in Canada. The companies have signed an agreement to extend exclusivity to the U.S.

Former "Bond King" and the firm he co-founded patch up their differences for a reported $81 million; Supreme Court inaction means merchants can pursue more claims against Visa and Mastercard over swipe fees.

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