Financial crimes

The legislation unveiled this week left out a requirement — included in an earlier version — for new companies to report their true owners.

Institutions that have been opening consumer accounts without consent need to prepare for the fallout, even if the OCC has said it won't name names.

In his inaugural hearing as comptroller of the currency, Joseph Otting defended his decision not to publicly rebuke banks for Wells Fargo-like problems.

The House Financial Services Committee is preparing to vote on legislation to modernize anti-money-laundering rules, but the latest version of the bill excludes a key provision involving the collection of beneficial ownership information.

Republican congressmen Blaine Luetkemeyer and Steve Pearce say their new legislation would update anti-money-laundering and counterterrorism requirements for small financial institutions.

Wong was placed on administrative leave in February and arrested in May in connection with alleged embezzlement and fraud at the credi tunion.

Legislation with bipartisan support would raise the threshold for reporting suspicious activity, a goal banks have long sought.

Financial institutions can improve monitoring of suspicious activity and potentially risky customers using algorithms, but they need to treat this new technology with caution.

Institutions that have been opening consumer accounts without consent need to prepare for the fallout, even if the OCC has said it won't name names.

The agency found no “systemic issues” in its review of other banks’ sales practices; some churches say the lenders are needed, others see the devil.