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Authorities are said to be investigating whether market makers — including three U.S. banks — suppressed prices to get higher yields on the bonds.

The 2015 written agreement had required Four Oaks to improve corporate governance.

The top executives at Guaranty Bank said that, after years of struggles, the $1 billion-asset bank was a month or two away from raising the capital it needed to survive.

Readers weigh in the effect of Federal Reserve actions on wealth distribution, how a new startup could reduce overdraft fees, Watson's attempts to catch rogue traders, and more.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are seeking information about KPMG to determine if it lived up to its professional obligations when it decided not to disclose fake accounts at Wells Fargo.

Congressional action is necessary to give financial regulators the tools they need to promote responsible innovation.

Digital lenders have been partnering with banks to get around state-by-state usury caps, but that approach is facing tougher scrutiny.

Ocwen Financial is a step closer to the day when it can resume purchases of mortgage servicing rights.

The regulator said that Santander has not made sufficient progress in complying with a 2015 enforcement order.

While there are inherent differences between student loan and mortgage servicing, recent claims against the largest student loan servicer echo the mortgage debacle.

The lender will begin an ad campaign in mid-April with the tag line "Building Better Every Day," company employees were told Tuesday.

A rollback of fair-lending enforcement activity undertaken by the previous administration would deny justice to millions of families that are subjected to discriminatory practices.

Citigroup agreed to pay a penalty of almost $5.4 million to settle a South African antitrust investigation that said it participated in an alleged cartel to manipulate the value of the rand.

The settlement resolves a bitter, pre-crisis court fight in which Hank Greenberg squared off against three successive New York attorneys general over 11 years.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and two states on Wednesday sued the nation's largest student loan servicer, Navient, for allegedly systematic failures in processing loan payments and failing to enroll borrowers in less expensive repayment plans.

Attorney General-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions R-Ala., could pose a roadblock for marijuana businesses seeking financial services, but might also end a controversial Justice Department program targeting payment processors and financial institutions.

Wells Fargo has separated the roles of chairman and CEO and, as annual meeting season approaches, other large and regional banks could find themselves under pressure to follow suit.

A California consumer group on Thursday urged the Senate Finance Committee to delay Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin's nomination hearing after a leaked 2013 memo described alleged illegal foreclosure practices at OneWest Bank when he was chairman and CEO.

President-elect Donald Trump's choice of well-known Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission was a relatively safe move that suggests his other financial appointments may be equally conservative, industry observers said.

The current single-director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not a recipe for transparency and accountability. Creating a multimember commission to oversee the agency is the answer.