A federal judge in New York vacated the guilty plea of a former Deutsche Bank trader who admitted to conspiring with others to manipulate the Libor interest rate benchmark, after an appeals court overturned the convictions of two of his ex-colleagues earlier this year.

A snappy swipe-fee settlement, Synovus's new risk chief and more in banking news this week

Revolut Ltd. plans to increase its crypto headcount by 20% across Europe, the U.K. and U.S. over the next six months, a bright spot in the current digital-assets industry downturn and a rare sign of growth against the backdrop of a wider slowdown in hiring by tech firms.

Equifax, the second-biggest global credit bureau, was hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit after a report that it provided inaccurate credit scores on millions of U.S. consumers looking for loans.

The founder of the New York City bank and CDFI focused on lending to underserved communities and augmenting digital capabilities.

A letter from Democratic senators seeking new details about unauthorized accounts is the latest political headwind for the Minneapolis bank. It comes on the heels of a $37.5 million fine by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida will return to the bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co. as global economic advisor following his exit from the central bank in January and the conclusion of an internal Fed probe into his personal trading, which found that he hadn't broken any rules.

Robert Calloway, who served as executive vice president at the New Orleans bank before it failed in 2017, was accused of conspiracy to defraud the bank.

Jacqueline Reses, who drove Square Capital's successful application to become an industrial loan company, is now chairman of Lead Bank in Kansas City, Missouri.

The bank and insurance company for military members accused Truist Financial of infringing on the technology it claims it invented that allows the use of regular mobile devices to capture and transmit checks.

Equifax said some consumer credit scores were changed because of a computer error that has since been rectified.

Toronto-Dominion Bank is looking to bolster its stateside capital markets business with the acquisition of Cowen. The deal comes even as the Canadian banking giant awaits approval of another merger that would make it a top-six U.S. bank.

Robinhood Markets cut almost a quarter of its workforce in a broad reorganization after a punishing first year as a public company.

Equifax provided inaccurate credit scores on millions of U.S. consumers looking for loans, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing bank executives and people familiar with the matter it didn't identify. 

The payments company has agreed to acquire EVO Payments for $4 billion and sell off the consumer-focused portions of its Netspend unit as part of an industrywide emphasis on automated business-to-business payments.

The Biden administration is poised to put its stamp on the banking regulatory landscape, but there are few slam-dunk solutions that will satisfy both the industry and a vocal Democratic base.

Toronto-Dominion Bank agreed to buy the U.S. brokerage Cowen Inc. for $1.3 billion in cash, bulking up its presence in American capital markets just months after striking a historic deal to expand its retail operations in the country.

Citigroup is planning a 500-person hiring spree over the next three years for a new wealth division catering to junior employees at private equity offices, consultancies and accounting firms, betting those clients will someday join the ranks of the ultrawealthy. 

Within two years, the credit-card company expects to employ more than 1,000 people from a historically disadvantaged part of the city.

The San Francisco megabank plans to reinstate guidance that drew scrutiny following revelations that women and nonwhite candidates were interviewed for jobs that had been reserved for someone else.