Crime and misconduct

Brian Moynihan won praise from the Wells Fargo CEO for his handling of subprime, legal and other post-crisis issues during his first years as Bank of America's top executive.

A $26 million settlement by Santander Consumer is shining a light on the hard-to-measure problem of auto dealer fraud, while also raising questions about the adequacy of lenders' efforts to combat bad behavior.

The San Francisco bank is adding $32 million to a previously announced agreement, and also extending it back to 2002, in the wake of a report on the roots of the firm's sales scandal.

The man who took 11 Alabama Credit Union employees hostage during an attempted robbery in January has reportedly told police he needed the money to pay for court costs in in a separate criminal case.

The 110-page document offers plenty of new details about what went wrong at the megabank but may leave many wanting a truly independent investigation.

A review of activity that long ago would not shed additional light on the scope of misconduct in Wells Fargo's retail banking unit, CFO John Shrewsberry said in an interview.

The 110-page document offers plenty of new details about what went wrong at the megabank but may leave shareholders wanting a truly independent investigation.

A recent study concluded that financial advisers accused of misconduct are fired far more often when female, even though missteps cost less on average than those of male counterparts. Researcher Mark Egan explains the double standard.

The San Francisco bank is trying to turn the page with a new report that mostly pins blame on executives who have either left the company or been demoted, but the report shows the misconduct went further back than previously acknowledged.

Low scores make it harder for banks to get regulatory OKs to expand, but Wells is in retrenchment mode anyway.