Crime and misconduct

Technology-driven systems aren’t enough to root out anti-money-laundering violations. Congress should consider creating a program that would encourage those with knowledge of illegal behavior to come forward.

Technology-driven systems aren’t enough to root out anti-money-laundering violations. Congress should consider creating a program that would encourage those with knowledge of illegal behavior to come forward.

The accounts — which eschew paper checks and overdraft protection — appeal beyond the low-income customers they were intended for; lenders are embracing artificial intelligence systems to analyze more data to determine creditworthiness.

Two former credit union employees were banned as the result of theft and other claims from the NCUA board.

Regulators give OK, but find “shortcomings” that need to be addressed; Labor Department says the bank is laying off U.S. workers while hiring overseas.

The NYSE contract will pay out in cryptocurrency; 10 Estonians who worked at the Danish bank were detained, and prosecutors promise more arrests.

A U.S. District judge in Scranton denied the student lender's motion to dismiss the suit.

A former senior staffer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was found guilty of embezzling confidential information about banks from the agency before she left her post, and could face up to 20 years in prison.

Richard Harra was also fined $300,000 for painting a false picture of the bank’s financial health at the height of the financial crisis.

Time and again, two former associates of President Trump deceived banks in connection with loan applications. Their wealth, proximity to power and willingness to tell big lies all appear to have helped them get away with brazen schemes.

U.S. prosecutors have accused four alleged Puerto Rican drug traffickers with the murder of banker Maurice Spagnoletti, seven years after he was gunned down on a San Juan highway as he drove home from work.

The move means the cap on asset growth may stay in place longer; the German bank reportedly processed 80% of the money laundered through Danske Bank.

Attorney General Barbara Underwood’s office is looking into whether merchant cash-advance companies engaged in fraud or abused the state court system.

The bank would add to monitoring of employees outside the U.S. in response to the 1MDB scandal; financial firms seek help to automate more systems.

The federal regulator issued bans related to theft and other charges.

The Federal Savings Bank is trying to persuade a judge to look beyond its CEO's alleged complicity in a fraud perpetrated by President Trump's former campaign chair.

Three former CFPB officials seek more enforcement against lenders; Federal Reserve interest rates hikes have boosted bank profits.

In a plea agreement, Kam Wong consented to forfeit and repay more than $9.8 million embezzled from the New York credit union. He is scheduled to be sentenced in April 2019.

The agency's mortgage insurance fund has big potential shortfall; Howard Wilkinson can tell U.S. regulators and law enforcement agencies what he knows.

Will prosecutors believe a rogue banker was behind Malaysia fraud?; banks that changed standards in Q3 were more likely to ease underwriting.