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The 2020 elections and a potential new chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the next Congress could put a deadline on passage of a bill to ease a key anti-money-laundering requirement for banks.

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The bank will continue to hold cash in sweep accounts until 2031, although at a lower rate; capital requirements could lead big banks to hold off lending.

One-time expenses at a handful of large banks marred an otherwise solid quarter, while higher charge-offs point to possible credit-quality concerns.

The high court scheduled oral arguments on March 3 in the lawsuit dealing with a president's ability to fire the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Bank is poised to pick two people to handle Simon Potter’s former job; Securities backed by subprime U.S. car loans are “going gangbusters.”

Fraudsters have access to vast quantities of personal identifiable information and can look very authentic. Therefore, it is better to diversify and utilize multiple sources of data to help protect your business.

Democracy Forward filed the lawsuit Monday against the consumer bureau, Director Kathy Kraninger, the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

The company claims that its biggest investors is taking steps to seize control, oust the board and find a buyer.

The $26 billion all-stock deal has the OK of the boards from both companies; the administration says it will move on privatization without federal backing.

APIs need to be designed with features such as defenses, proper authentication, batching, and throttling in mind, says Shape Security's Jarrod Overson.

Banks’ third-party technology providers may face increased scrutiny; Rep. Porter wants more data about "confusing" checking account fees.

Fed governor again calls for using the countercyclical buffer at banks; bank borrowing from Fed on pace for lowest total ever.

A lawsuit filed by a New Jersey branch employee who was fired in 2016 includes detailed allegations about the pressure that front-line workers faced to meet monthly sales targets. The case is scheduled to go to trial in February.

Yet that figure is relatively low compared with other digital assets such as bitcoin, according to the fintech Elliptic.

The charter may provide greater confidence for digital currency investors; bank expects to make large-scale job cuts in its global banking and markets unit.

Could the Macy's online data breach have been thwarted by SRC, a new security technology championed by the card brands?

Stephen Calk, who faces a bribery charge in connection with loans his bank made to former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, is asking a judge to suppress evidence that prosecutors obtained from his mobile phone.

The 2015 decision posed new legal challenges for institutions trying to sell loans to third parties, but the federal regulatory agency proposed steps Monday for banks and debt parties to evade state interest rate caps.

The remote deposit capture tech at the center of the dispute is used by 6,500 institutions. That may mean other institutions will have to pay licensing fees to USAA.