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    Capital One racks up Walmart, Discover charges

    The card company set aside more than $800 million for credit losses post-Walmart breakup, a day after a class-action lawsuit sought to block Capital One's deal for Discover.

    By July 24, 2024
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    Citi COO intended to deceive OCC, ex-employee says

    In an amended lawsuit, former Citi data executive Kathleen Martin claims Anand Selva suggested twice that she fudge data to the bank’s primary regulator. She declined and lost her job two weeks later, she says.

    By July 19, 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.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    JPMorgan, UBS and others see effects of IT outage

    Trading was delayed at JPMorgan and Nomura, media outlets reported. UBS saw problems related to legacy systems inherited from Credit Suisse. Charles Schwab warned users not to place duplicate trades.

    By July 19, 2024
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    6 ways the CFPB wants to keep its eyes on fintech middlemen

    Clearer guidance around “rent-a-bank,” open banking and buy now, pay later will ensure more consumers benefit, Director Rohit Chopra said in remarks last week.

    By July 17, 2024
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    Discover to sell student loan portfolio to Carlyle, KKR in $10.8B deal

    The student loan sale is the latest loose end Discover seeks to tie up since Capital One announced its intent to purchase the card company.

    By July 17, 2024
  • Citi CEO Jane Fraser joins a meeting hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden with corporate chief executives and members of his cabinet to discuss the looming federal debt limit in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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    Citi leans on tech modernization to fix data quality management failings

    Days after federal regulators hit the bank with more than $135 million in fines, CEO Jane Fraser said Citi's transformation efforts addressed "decades of underinvestment."

    By Matt Ashare • July 15, 2024
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    Dive Deposits: It was Citi’s week and, arguably, everybody won

    The bank shook off fresh penalties by reporting skyrocketing revenue in its banking unit. It’s no wonder Citi granted $41 million to its banking chief. But a rival for that job may be glad he left.

    By July 12, 2024
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    Archegos founder found guilty of fraud, market manipulation

    Bill Hwang was found guilty of 10 out of 11 criminal counts, while former CFO Patrick Halligan was found guilty of all three counts he faced, including fraud and racketeering.

    By July 11, 2024
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    Senators press Jamie Dimon on alleged climate turnabout

    The lawmakers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, demanded answers from the JPMorgan Chase CEO on the bank's environmental "commitments" and "aspirations."

    By July 11, 2024
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    TD names Citi vet next compliance chief

    Erin Morrow replaces Monica Kowal, who left the bank July 2. Two of the three highest-ranking TD execs assigned to fix compliance management framework deficiencies have left in recent days.

    By July 8, 2024
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    Discover to settle card misclassification class actions for $1.2B

    The card company has warned it could face further financial toll related to the issue, in which it overcharged merchants for years.

    By July 8, 2024
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    Q&A

    How banks are thinking about genAI

    As more banks turn generative AI ideation into implementation, the technology’s biggest impact may come in translating legacy code, said Accenture’s global banking lead.

    By July 3, 2024
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    Senators prod Synapse partners to return customer funds

    “As those that made the current situation possible, you must accept the tremendous responsibility that comes with handling consumers’ money,” lawmakers scolded.

    By July 2, 2024
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    Biggest US banks boost dividends, launch stock buybacks

    JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley flag repurchase programs worth $30 billion and $20 billion, while Goldman Sachs bemoans an uptick in the bank’s stress capital buffer.

    By July 1, 2024
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    FDIC orders Thread Bank to step up BaaS oversight

    The Rogersville, Tennessee-based bank must implement a documented risk assessment of its fintech partners, the agency said. The bank’s board also must approve risk tolerance thresholds.

    By July 1, 2024
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    Evolve data breach adds to woes of Synapse partner

    Customer data was released to the dark web, the bank said, two weeks after the Fed handed Evolve an enforcement action regarding its partnerships.

    By June 26, 2024
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    Moelis banker who was filmed punching woman leaves his job

    A woman who said she was the recipient of the punch said Jonathan Kaye seemed agitated before the scuffle began. A spokesperson for the banker said Kaye felt threatened.

    By June 25, 2024
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    BlackRock becomes first firm on Indiana treasurer’s ESG watchlist

    “Contrary to the Treasurer’s assertion, BlackRock has been singularly focused on delivering performance” for the state’s pension fund, a firm spokesperson told ESG Dive.

    By Lamar Johnson • June 25, 2024
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    Citi calls carbon emissions report from environmental group ‘misleading’

    Stand.earth reported last week that Citi is a leading financier of the maritime liquefied natural gas industry, but the bank takes issue with the methodology used.

    By Lamar Johnson • June 24, 2024
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    Citi fined $13.9M by Germany’s BaFin over 2022 flash crash error

    The penalty, announced Thursday, came two days after two British regulators fined the bank £61.6 million ($78.4 million) for the same instance.

    By June 21, 2024
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    Fed, FDIC find weaknesses in JPMorgan, BofA, Citi, Goldman living wills

    The regulators both identified weaknesses in Citi’s plan, “but reached different conclusions on its severity,” the regulators said Friday.

    By June 21, 2024
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    UBS to set aside $900M to compensate Greensill investors

    The Swiss bank inherited the issue when it acquired Credit Suisse. The amount accounts for 90% of what clients are owed from the 2021 collapse of the supply chain financing firm.

    By June 17, 2024
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    Bank execs weigh in on private credit threat

    Direct lenders aren’t yet infringing where Regions Bank is active, “but it’s coming, I suspect,” CEO John Turner said. A JPMorgan executive said the market is big enough that both sides can succeed.

    By June 17, 2024
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    Fed hits Synapse partner Evolve with enforcement action

    An exam last year revealed Evolve Bank & Trust didn’t have an effective risk management framework in place for its fintech partnerships, the Fed said.

    By June 14, 2024
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    Terraform Labs, Do Kwon to settle with SEC for $4.47B

    Meanwhile, Kwon remains in Montenegro as courts wrestle with whether or not to extradite him to his home country of South Korea or to the U.S. to face charges.

    By June 13, 2024