Regulations & Policy: Page 7
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RBC names interim CFO Gibson as permanent
The move presumably puts more distance between the bank and Gibson’s predecessor, Nadine Ahn, who has sued the bank for wrongful dismissal and damages.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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A year after reorg, progress at Citi comes in ‘fits and starts’
New penalties gave the bank focal points for its tech overhaul. But Citi is also aiming to keep staff robust enough – in the right places – to chase opportunity, CFO Mark Mason said.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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Fraud and AML in banking
The past year has been one of reckoning with regard to fraud — from TD’s $3 billion AML penalty to the continuing punitive phase connected to PPP misdeeds, crypto bankruptcies and pig butchering.
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BofA, JPMorgan, others urged to stop financing livestock production
An open letter singles out the nation's largest banks for their support of food giants like JBS, saying lending activities undermine the sector’s environmental commitments.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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Innovation may slow amid bank-fintech partnership scrutiny: analysts
Additional guardrails, however, are necessary as business connections grow more complex and as fintechs tackle more compliance responsibilities, a regulator said.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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9 crucial reactions to the capital requirements preview
BofA and JPMorgan execs talk death, despair and a lack of specifics, while lawmakers and regulators appear to fall along party lines in the snowballing fight over the Basel endgame.
By Dan Ennis • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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TD to pay CFPB $28M for giving credit agencies inaccurate data
The penalty is hardly the largest that Canada’s second-largest lender expects. TD is facing criminal and civil investigations into its U.S. anti-money laundering program and anticipates a fine in the billions of dollars before year’s end.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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Basel revamp would boost capital requirements by 9%: Fed’s Barr
The central bank’s vice chair for supervision previewed changes that would cut in half the extra capital the nation’s largest banks would be forced to hold.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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PNC’s Demchak wants to lean in to open banking for growth
The Pittsburgh-based lender’s CEO is wary of larger rivals building branches in every city but said he won’t pay “silly” M&A prices for a “busted” franchise.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Bank of America boosts minimum hourly wage to $24
The move puts the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender presumably one raise away from its long-held goal of lifting its pay floor to $25 per hour by next year.
By Dan Ennis • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Morgan Stanley fined $2M over ex-First Republic CEO stock sales
The consent order issued by a Massachusetts regulator Thursday states the lender failed to properly monitor the former executive, who sold over $6.8 million in First Republic stock from February 2022 to March 2023.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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RBC ‘selectively quoted’ texts to justify CFO’s firing, lawyer says
In a new filing, the bank's ex-CFO, Nadine Ahn, said she received “differential treatment” as a woman and denied knowledge of “Project Ken” or an online “LoveBook” another executive allegedly ordered.
By Dan Ennis • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Many regionals lack clear strategy for private credit threat: analyst
Private credit firms are no longer just extending loans banks won’t, Deloitte’s Richard Rosenthal said.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Fed dings banks over flood insurance, crypto
First Interstate Bank must pay $70,000 to the National Flood Insurance Program, and United Texas Bank must revamp its compliance programs.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 5, 2024 -
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OCC’s Hsu wants to label domestic systemically important banks
The regulator spoke at length on the need for horizontal, risk-based supervision — and the equivalent of regular physical exercise.
By Dan Ennis • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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CFPB slammed with EWA commentary
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked for public feedback on its earned wage access rule proposal and it got an earful.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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Sponsored by AML RightSourceStrategic compliance: Bridging the skill gap with managed services
Balancing compliance: staff recruitment or external partnership?
Sept. 3, 2024 -
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Custodia cuts 25% of its staff amid Fed lawsuit: report
The digital asset-focused bank, chartered in Wyoming, is putting its resources toward an ongoing lawsuit with the Federal Reserve, which denied the lender a master account last year.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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Warren grills FINRA over enforcement decline
“Financial crimes cannot be prevented if you take the cop off the beat,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren scolded FINRA CEO Robert Cook. A spokesperson for the agency said it will respond to Warren's letter.
By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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Goldman catches a break on capital requirements
The Fed reduced Goldman’s stress capital buffer to 6.2% after the bank argued that losses from its sale of GreenSky don’t belong in projections for the future.
By Dan Ennis • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Texas credit union discovers year-old data breach
TDECU fell victim to last year’s MoveIt data breach, but only found out in July. The credit union said the incident is not expected to impact its acquisition of a Louisiana bank.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Fed’s Waller questions faster cross-border payments ties
There could be more fraud and money laundering if countries move too quickly to link their faster payments systems, the central bank governor said Wednesday at a conference.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Abra settles SEC charges over unregistered securities
All assets, plus interest, have been returned to Abra Earn customers since the program shuttered in 2023, CEO Bill Barhydt said Monday on social media.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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BNY fined $5M over swap reporting, violating prior CFTC order
The bank “repeatedly failed to correctly report at least five million swap transactions and failed to properly supervise its swap dealer business,” the CFTC said Monday.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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Judge rejects challenge to CFPB small-biz data collection rule
Trade groups argued the CFPB didn’t consider costs or bank comments regarding the rule. The rule may be ill-advised, the judge said, but that doesn’t make it unlawful.
By Dan Ennis • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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Kraken must face SEC lawsuit, judge rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued the crypto firm in November for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange. A judge denied Kraken’s motion for dismissal Friday.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 26, 2024
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