News Topic: Morning scan

The bank would add to monitoring of employees outside the U.S. in response to the 1MDB scandal; financial firms seek help to automate more systems. ... Read full article

The central bank may be looking at other benchmarks besides the fed funds rate to conduct monetary policy; dropping human appraisers from most home sales raises concerns. ... Read full article

Three former CFPB officials seek more enforcement against lenders; Federal Reserve interest rates hikes have boosted bank profits. ... Read full article

Atlanta Fed chief says consumers don't know the risks of using nonbank payments providers, like Apple Pay; equity derivatives desks will reap rewards of volatility. ... Read full article

Miners of the digital currency are losing interest, which could lead to more price declines; scandal-scarred banks among those that endorse Principles for Responsible Banking. ... Read full article

Cash-outs accounted for 80% of mortgage refinances in the third quarter; state will accept bitcoin for business tax payments. ... Read full article

Record bank profits could make it tougher to get more regulatory relief; banks monitoring older clients’ mental health. ... Read full article

Société Générale pays more than $1 billion for working with Cuba and others; Fed vice chair in line for global regulator chief role. ... Read full article

The agency's mortgage insurance fund has big potential shortfall; Howard Wilkinson can tell U.S. regulators and law enforcement agencies what he knows. ... Read full article

Prosecutors are unlikely to buy Goldman's rogue banker defense, observers say; survey predicts recession within two years. ... Read full article

While JPM won't by the first to offer tap to pay, others may follow; cryptocurrency drops to lowest level of the year. ... Read full article

Will prosecutors believe a rogue banker was behind Malaysia fraud?; banks that changed standards in Q3 were more likely to ease underwriting. ... Read full article

Motor vehicle agencies are better suited to vet customers’ identities than banks; Goldman unit is stealing customers from big U.K. banks. ... Read full article

The former Goldman CEO is said to be the unnamed executive at a meeting with Asian financier; the bank faces multibillion-dollar penalties in two countries. ... Read full article

The OCC is looking into problems in the bank’s technology operations; banks turn to untraditional methods to raise revenue from research. ... Read full article

The bank says a calculation error led it to deny help to distressed homeowners; a former U.S. deputy attorney general will help with in the 1MDB fraud scandal. ... Read full article

Bank discloses the possible repercussions from its alleged involvement in Malaysian fraud; are banks too blase about “systemic riskiness”? ... Read full article

Barclays’ common equity tier 1 ratio is the lowest among those banks tested; the $30 million investment is the bank’s first foreign effort in its “Advancing Cities” program. ... Read full article