Legal issues and news

The new real-time payments system is being optimized for speed, not necessarily security, requiring the banks participating in the program to exercise a heightened level of vigilance.

TD Bank must pay more than $20 million to resolve investigations over a former trader's alleged placement of "spoof" orders to manipulate the Treasuries market.

In September's roundup of top tech news: Banks and credit unions continue to shift away from banking as a service, Donald Trump announces planned launch of World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency firm and more.

In September's roundup of top banking news: Check fraud goes viral at JPMorgan Chase, Truist Financial resets its tangible common equity target, Wells Fargo faces new AML woes and more.

The latest lawsuit accuses the firm of not only failing to look out for clients' best interests but also failing to secure "reasonable returns" on money held in retirement accounts.

An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would expand access to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's beneficial ownership database. That would allow financial firms to cut off drug traffickers' financing.

Antitrust enforcers are preparing to accuse the payments giant of taking steps to keep rivals from challenging its dominance in the debit card market, according to people familiar with the matter.

The suit was filed by three New Jersey residents who alleged that BofA froze their prepaid debit cards during a pandemic-era fraud wave, blocking them from accessing unemployment benefits.

While it can be difficult to recover the funds victims lose to the scams, the U.S. has created a legal safe harbor that banks can use to share intel to prevent fraud.