Compliance

Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance remain a hot topic for financial institutions as regulators can bar them from branch building and bank acquisitions. Here are some notable regulatory actions that are still unresolved.

The regulator is also evaluating relocating one regional office and scaling back from five regional offices to as few as three.

Payment companies' efforts to modernize by connecting systems through partnerships and acquisition has invariably caused a chain reaction of competitive issues in the eyes of regulators.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren rallied progressives on Tuesday night to launch a campaign to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Dodd-Frank Act.

Documents from Massachusetts complicate the narrative that marijuana businesses either can’t get bank accounts or are only being served by small institutions.

Simple innovations -- such as those that would bring the underbanked into the financial mainstream -- are often stymied by regulation, says Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan.

Wells Fargo announced it was making changes to the way it pays branch employees as the bank tries to repair the damage from its phony account scandal last year.

New CUNA campaign aimed at reforming CFPB and improving operating environment for CUs.

House Democrats sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Donald J. Trump, urging him to reject calls by Republicans to fire Richard Cordray.

Four House lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would ease the calculation of the member business lending cap for credit unions so that it excludes loans to purchase small apartment buildings.

In oral arguments held before the Supreme Court Tuesday, liberal justices appeared to struggle with plaintiffs' argument that state bans on credit card surcharges violate retailers' free speech, while the bench's conservatives appeared concerned about how states apply those bans.

Jeffrey Lacker, who has served as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond since 2004, announced Tuesday that he is retiring after 28 years of service at the bank.

Two Republican senators sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence calling for the removal of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.

Even in the age of Watson, computers are still only as smart as the people who teach them.

Most observers offered a unanimous prediction on the future of the NCUA board, but Trump’s selections to other key financial posts could be just as impactful for credit unions.

In a letter Monday to Comptroller Thomas Curry, Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., registered their strong opposition to the concept of the charter, which would allow certain types of fintech companies to avoid state licensing requirements by obtaining a limited-purpose national bank charter.

Credit union service organizations are required to register annually as part of a rule the regulator approved in 2013.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday announced several changes to its senior management team.

Wells Fargo's retail-banking chief will unveil the bank's new compensation plan next week.

American Express has prevailed in its latest round of legal sparring with the Justice Department.