Enforcement

Two former managers sue Wells; CMBS market rebounds

09/06/17

Husband and wife claim they were fired for raising concerns about the bank’s sales practices; commercial mortgage-backed securities on pace to top last year’s volume.

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Boards should scrutinize managers, not hold their hands

09/01/17

A Federal Reserve proposal acknowledges that good board governance results from directors being credible overseers of strategy instead of a redundant form of management.

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Wells’ outside review of phony accounts expected in September

08/23/17

Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan has told employees that a third-party review of unauthorized accounts will be published “within a few weeks.”

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Keep CRA for fintech, but lose its geographic boundaries

08/22/17

Contrary to the view of some, technology has not rendered the Community Reinvestment Act obsolete. But everyone seems to agree that it should be reformed.

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With bank subpoenas, Mueller is said to turn up heat on Manafort

08/10/17

Special counsel Robert Mueller is said to be drawing on ongoing investigations, including one by federal prosecutors into whether former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort laundered money from eastern Europe into New York properties.

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Do problems with lender-placed auto insurance go beyond Wells?

08/08/17

Regulators and consumer activists are examining the relationships among banks, insurance companies and auto-loan borrowers following the new revelations about Wells Fargo and insurers' rising premium income.

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Wells Fargo 'leaving no stone unturned' as new issues disclosed

08/04/17

The bank’s “reasonably possible” legal charges could surpass its reserves by $3.3 billion as of June 30, a Wells securities filing says.

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Wells Fargo settles with U.S. government over loans to veterans

08/04/17

Wells Fargo & Co. settled an 11-year-old lawsuit with the U.S. government that claimed the lender overcharged veterans under a federal mortgage-refinancing program.

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Wells Fargo customers sue claiming insurance scheme was scam

07/31/17

Wells Fargo & Co. customers accused the bank in a lawsuit of forcing them to pay for unnecessary auto insurance that drove some of them so far into a financial spiral that their vehicles were repossessed.

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M&T Bank, four years and $400M later, released from enforcement action

07/28/17

The Buffalo, N.Y., bank has been freed from an enforcement order that required an upgrade of its anti-money-laundering compliance systems. The Fed had ordered the upgrade as a condition for approval of its acquisition of Hudson City Bancorp.

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