Financial crimes

Bank shares are down more than 9% this month; the Fed has never imposed the countercyclical capital buffer before.

Know Your Customer and open banking create tough barriers for 'near real-time' account opening, says Entersekt's Jennifer Singh.

Under the Illicit Cash Act, anti-money-laundering rules would be clearer — so banks would have no excuses for noncompliance.

The FDIC chief said it is critical to give the industry clarity on using emerging technologies, particularly for the thousands of community banks her agency oversees.

Under the Illicit Cash Act, anti-money-laundering rules would be clearer — so banks would have no excuses for noncompliance.

Anti-money-laundering regulations are among the most costly, and few criminals get caught. Banks say there’s a better way.

This type of fraud could increase as criminals become more sophisticated and look for new ways to land a payday.

Anti-money-laundering regulations are among the most costly, and few criminals get caught. Banks say there’s a better way.

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.”

Ousted CEO Alan Kaufman pleaded not guilty after being charged with accepting favors from a businessman in exchange for favorable treatment by the credit union.

A Spanish effort to prosecute a gang that used Bitcoin automated cash machines suspected of being a front for illegal-drug payments has exposed a hole in European anti-money-laundering controls, law enforcement authorities in the country said.