Financial crimes

Those that were prohibited from working at federally insured institutions include a former credit union employee who pleaded guilty to money laundering and embezzlement.

Banks submit millions of Bank Secrecy Act filings each year, yet only a fraction are valuable to law enforcement.

It’s the latest development in a foreign-exchange-related case that has triggered regulatory probes around the world, and it's one of the first cases to be brought under 2015 U.K. legislation that paves the way for U.S.-style class actions.

“Digital Vault” will allow customers to store encrypted documents on third-party servers; bank accuses Orcel of misdeeds.

New regs force financial institutions to go deeper to stop laundering, but the prize is easier overall enrollment, says NTT Data Services' Edmund Tribue.

Finance ministers call for tight regulation of cybercurrencies; Williams says the Fed must “act quickly to lower rates at the first sign of economic distress.”

The consumer bureau said banks are "uniquely positioned" to know if an elderly customer is being targeted by fraudsters.

Democrats called on the social media company to halt its Libra project, while Republicans said Congress should keep the door open to innovation.

A new project backed by the government of Luxembourg could ultimately be influential in the U.S., where banks have been slow to develop a shared platform for digital identities.

David Marcus, who oversees Facebook’s digital wallet, plans to tell Congress that the company will roll out Libra only after it has "received appropriate approvals.”