Compliance

Citibank fined $70M for failing to fix BSA deficiencies

01/04/18

The OCC said Thursday that the bank has yet to fully meet the conditions of a 2012 consent order requiring it to address problems in its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance programs.

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SunTrust names Ellen Fitzsimmons of CSX as top lawyer

01/04/18

The railroad industry executive will replace Raymond Fortin as general counsel

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CFPB 2018 outlook: More deregulation, more upheaval

01/02/18

If acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney ultimately prevails in the lawsuit challenging his position, he is expected to continue implementing the most significant changes to the agency in its six-year history.

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Citi unit mixed up 'buy' and 'sell' ratings for years

12/28/17

It will pay $11.5 million to resolve Finra claims that a brokerage unit displayed inaccurate research ratings for hundreds of securities for nearly five years.

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CFPB launches online tools for HMDA reporting

12/27/17

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday launched a rate spread calculator and validation tool for financial companies reporting Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data starting Jan. 1.

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Will Trump regulators trade lighter rulemaking for tougher enforcement?

12/27/17

Was the president’s recent tweet about enforcement measures against Wells Fargo an articulation of the administration’s approach for holding banks and executives accountable? Or is a tweet just a tweet?

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CFPB halts implementation of prepaid rule to consider changes

12/21/17

Moments after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it would reopen its mortgage disclosure rule, the bureau announced that the effective date for the prepaid rule would similarly be scrapped.

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CFPB to reopen mortgage disclosure rule, will not penalize data errors

12/21/17

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that it plans to reopen its rulemaking for the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and will not assess penalties against mortgage lenders for any errors in data collected in 2018.

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10 who had a rough year in 2017

12/21/17

It was a bad year for the CEO of Equifax, the founder of a high-flying fintech and the regulatory agency bankers love to hate.

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For midsize banks, what’s the point of a holding company?

12/14/17

The holding company structure makes sense for large banks with complex business models and small banks looking to bulk up through acquisitions. But for a large swath of banks in the middle, the benefits are harder to spot.

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