Financial crimes

Corporate scandals at banks and other firms often suffer from similar management challenges. The financial industry needs to look more closely at these root behaviors to help stem misconduct.

Several prospects, including JPM’s Gordon Smith, are reluctant to take on a thankless job; lower interest rates, quiet trading will yield disappointing results.

With campaigning for the 2020 presidential election already underway, it could become increasingly difficult for the industry to move meaningful legislation through Congress.

The president says the Fed is giving China a competitive advantage; bank stocks gained after tariffs on Mexican imports nixed.

The good news for financial firms is Congress has moved closer to reforming anti-money-laundering rules. But left behind in the effort is the reform most coveted by the industry.

The legislation includes a beneficial owner requirement and steps to study the utility of industry reporting, but avoids relieving banks’ burden to file data on suspicious transactions.

Despite tension between the U.S. and trading partners, bank are doing booming business in financing cross-border commerce; some Republican lawmakers are getting antsy at the pace of rollbacks for bank regulations, and are pushing regulators for a sense of urgency.

Digital Asset Holdings eyes blockchain for 'smart contracts'; readying for a marathon is like competing for a big client.

The bank was accused of forcing borrowers to pay for insurance they did not need, pushing almost 250,000 of them into delinquency, according to a 2017 lawsuit.

The seven Democrats sought details on the Fed's response to allegations the bank suppressed suspicious activity reports on businesses tied to President Trump and Jared Kushner.

The two U.S. banks and Barclays have agreed to pay $91 million to settle claims that traders colluded to manipulate rates over a six-year span.

Less than a month after Municipal was placed into conservatorship, former CEO Kam Wong received a 66-month prison sentence along with an order to repay millions he embezzled from the credit union.

The anti-bribery law that Stephen Calk is accused of breaking carries stiff penalties — up to 30 years in prison — but violations can be relatively hard to prove because prosecutors must establish the defendant had a corrupt state of mind.

A former employee from a New York credit union pleaded guilty to theft and tax evasion while another was accused of falsifying records.

Its CEO says organic growth is preferable, but after spending five years tackling a series of enforcement actions tied to BSA compliance, the Pennsylvania bank has options.

The bank dropped out of the bidding for the card over profitability fears; returning to the market could boost Barclays' investment bank.

JPMorgan tells OxyContin maker to take its business elsewhere; reelection tallies are smaller than last year’s.

Charges against Stephen Calk indicate he lied to regulators about what he knew when he approved loans to Paul Manafort, as well as his interest in landing a job in the Trump administration.

The charge against Chicago banker Stephen Calk grew out of Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Christian Sewing ready to make "tough cutbacks" while UBS may need a new strategy; SEC says Robert C. Morgan misled banks with fake loan papers.