Bankruptcy Blogs

Banks feel more pressure to upgrade AML tech after 'Fincen Files'

09/23/20

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and enhanced data sharing among lenders could go a long way toward spotting suspicious patterns in daily financial activity and bad actors, experts say.

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Will ‘Fincen Files’ give banks opening to push for AML reform?

09/23/20

The news media investigation of transactions by nefarious actors puts certain large banks in a negative light, but it also points to inefficient use of suspicious activity reports and other anti-money-laundering issues that the industry has decried for years.

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JPMorgan is set to pay $1 billion in record spoofing penalty

09/23/20

JPMorgan Chase is poised to pay close to $1 billion to resolve market manipulation investigations by U.S. authorities into its trading of metals futures and Treasury securities, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

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CRE concerns intensify as stimulus programs expire

09/23/20

Commercial real estate loans are vulnerable as financial assistance for tenants winds down and might not be fully renewed. Late rent payments could rise, leading lenders to press landlords to pay up.

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Sandia Laboratory FCU to expand footprint with merger

09/23/20

A pending combination with Animas Credit Union will broaden the Albuquerque-based institution's reach in northern New Mexico.

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Powell grilled by Congress over how Fed is helping Main Street

09/23/20

The Fed chief said that with its Main Street Lending Program, the central bank has “done basically all of the things that we can think of.”

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The partners that can help Fed speed launch of real-time payments

09/23/20

The central bank must engage core processors, community banks and The Clearing House if it wants to move quickly on building out its FedNow system.

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Truist commits $40M to loan fund aimed at closing racial wealth gap

09/23/20

The fund will support Community Development Financial Institutions that lend to minority- and women-owned businesses. The Charlotte, N.C., company is the latest big bank to make a large dollar commitment focused on alleviating racial and economic inequality.

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Wells Fargo's Scharf apologizes for 'insensitive' comments on Black talent

09/23/20

Under fire for saying that the potential pool of talent is "limited," CEO Charlie Scharf issued a memo to employees Wednesday acknowledging that his words reflected his own "unconscious bias" and vowing to improve diversity in the bank's leadership.

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JPMorgan to move $230 billion of assets to Germany under Brexit

09/23/20

JPMorgan Chase is moving about 200 billion euros ($230 billion) from the U.K. to Frankfurt as a result of Britain’s exit from the European Union, a shift that will make it one of the largest banks in Germany.

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