Financial crimes

Yet that figure is relatively low compared with other digital assets such as bitcoin, according to the fintech Elliptic.

The charter may provide greater confidence for digital currency investors; bank expects to make large-scale job cuts in its global banking and markets unit.

Stephen Calk, who faces a bribery charge in connection with loans his bank made to former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, is asking a judge to suppress evidence that prosecutors obtained from his mobile phone.

It’s only a matter of time before Silicon Valley “overturns more complex banking functions”; banks would have to help FinCEN identify suspicious firearms sales.

Bankers had worried about Rep. Maxine Waters' control of the Financial Services Committee, but many now say the Democrat’s working relationship with the panel’s top Republican is refreshing.

Readers react to the FDIC's fine against a bank over a 5-year-old consent order, Regions Financial's about-face on acquisitions, HUD's promotion of a controversial CFPB official and more.

The FDIC is pursuing the penalty five years after hitting the Delaware company with a consent order tied to BSA and AML compliance.

The three federal bank regulators usually try to issue rules jointly, but Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting on Tuesday pointed to areas where the agencies may move on separate paths.

New technologies could ease the compliance burden for many institutions but some say they could also widen the divide between large and small credit unions.

Doug Clare explains how the organization uses artificial intelligence to spot crime rings and skimmers.