Crime and misconduct

AML enforcement needs more whistleblowers

01/07/19

Technology-driven systems aren’t enough to root out anti-money-laundering violations. Congress should consider creating a program that would encourage those with knowledge of illegal behavior to come forward.

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No-frills accounts prove popular; lenders use AI to parse credit

01/04/19

The accounts — which eschew paper checks and overdraft protection — appeal beyond the low-income customers they were intended for; lenders are embracing artificial intelligence systems to analyze more data to determine creditworthiness.

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Living wills approved for four foreign banks; Wells looks overseas

12/21/18

Regulators give OK, but find “shortcomings” that need to be addressed; Labor Department says the bank is laying off U.S. workers while hiring overseas.

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Crypto futures planned; first arrests in Danske Bank scandal

12/20/18

The NYSE contract will pay out in cryptocurrency; 10 Estonians who worked at the Danish bank were detained, and prosecutors promise more arrests.

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Navient must face Pa. lawsuit for alleged predatory lending

12/18/18

A U.S. District judge in Scranton denied the student lender's motion to dismiss the suit.

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Former FDIC analyst found guilty of stealing living will data

12/18/18

A former senior staffer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was found guilty of embezzling confidential information about banks from the agency before she left her post, and could face up to 20 years in prison.

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Ex-Wilmington Trust president gets six years for hiding bad loans

12/18/18

Richard Harra was also fined $300,000 for painting a false picture of the bank’s financial health at the height of the financial crisis.

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Manafort, Cohen cases highlight banks' vulnerability to fraud

12/12/18

Time and again, two former associates of President Trump deceived banks in connection with loan applications. Their wealth, proximity to power and willingness to tell big lies all appear to have helped them get away with brazen schemes.

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U.S. says Puerto Rican gangsters killed Doral banker in 2011

12/12/18

U.S. prosecutors have accused four alleged Puerto Rican drug traffickers with the murder of banker Maurice Spagnoletti, seven years after he was gunned down on a San Juan highway as he drove home from work.

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Fed rejects Wells fix-it plan; more trouble for Deutsche Bank

12/07/18

The move means the cap on asset growth may stay in place longer; the German bank reportedly processed 80% of the money laundered through Danske Bank.

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