Money laundering

Cash-outs accounted for 80% of mortgage refinances in the third quarter; state will accept bitcoin for business tax payments.

Record bank profits could make it tougher to get more regulatory relief; banks monitoring older clients’ mental health.

Société Générale pays more than $1 billion for working with Cuba and others; Fed vice chair in line for global regulator chief role.

The French bank was hit with the fine after it was found to have unsafe practices that violated sanctions against Cuba and other sanctioned countries.

The German lender was a correspondent bank for the Tallinn, Estonia, branch of Danske Bank that is the focus of multiple international investigations.

The Justice Department is seeking information about potential transactions the banks may have handled for a small Danske branch in Estonia that’s at the center of one of the biggest money-laundering investigations in history, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Prosecutors are unlikely to buy Goldman's rogue banker defense, observers say; survey predicts recession within two years.

Top executives at Advance America acknowledged that anti-money-laundering concerns at banks were likely the cause of account terminations, even as they publicly blamed a stealth regulatory campaign.

The Swiss banking giant has been accused of helping wealthy French clients hide assets from tax authorities.

The midterm elections virtually eliminate the chance that progress will be made on financial services legislation.