The Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned Citigroup because of unauthorized proprietary trading as well as for the failure to detect suspect loans issued by its Banamex unit. ... Read full article
The proposal released in May to clarify how banks comply with the proprietary trading ban would “undermine a fundamental provision" of Dodd-Frank, lawmakers said. ... Read full article
The Fed’s top regulator is reportedly gunning to run the international Financial Stability Board, but the president's trade wars and recent criticism of Europe are impeding that effort and weakening U.S. regulators' hand more generally. ... Read full article
The class-action suit filed on behalf of people who lost money in the scam accuses Bank of America of failing to spot suspicious activity, including deposits of hundreds of thousands of dollars into accounts with small or negative balances. ... Read full article
The company's brokerage unit agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle claims that employees persuaded clients to sell certain investments before maturity in order to collect higher fees. ... Read full article
Judge says agency should not exist; the Fed says the largest banks are “strongly capitalized” and could withstand a severe crisis. ... Read full article
A proposal to revise parts of the Dodd-Frank Act ban on proprietary trading would make it easier for banks to conduct risky trades. ... Read full article
Largest banks would be limited on how much risk they could have with each other; the credit bureau has hired the former head of the computer giant's Watson unit. ... Read full article
It’s possible for a cryptocurrency to begin as a security and then transform into another type of asset, said William Hinman, who heads the regulator's division of corporation finance. ... Read full article
Six Senate Democrats are asking the SEC's internal watchdog to investigate a Republican commissioner who berated Citigroup executives in a private meeting over the bank's decision to curtail some of the business it does with companies that sell ... Read full article
That’s the question executives of publicly traded banks are asking themselves as they try to make sense of new — and somewhat vague — guidance from the SEC on procedures for disclosing data breaches. ... Read full article
Democratic CFTC commissioner Rostin Behnam said Monday that the proposed changes to the proprietary trading ban go too far. ... Read full article
No surprises expected from the annual Fed reviews; Elad Roisman is seen as the pick to replace Michael Piwowar on the panel. ... Read full article
The plan, which the Federal Reserve Board approved Wednesday, would tailor compliance programs for banks based on their trading volume and revise definitions to help banks determine which trades are banned. ... Read full article
Long-awaited modifications to proprietary trading ban are to be unveiled at an open meeting on May 30. ... Read full article
Combined with another key change that would give banks more leeway in trading, the revisions on hedging could further blunt the impact of the rule named after a former Fed chairman. ... Read full article
The Securities and Exchange Commission is pitching a fake initial coin offering to educate investors on the pitfalls of too-good-to-be-true ventures. ... Read full article
The proposed change would give banks more leeway in making trades and put more onus on regulators to challenge their judgments, sources said. ... Read full article
Hedge fund apparently likes the bank’s corporate services business; Michael Piwowar is credited with “jump-starting” the agency’s deregulatory push. ... Read full article
Both Republicans and Democrats are making threats against banks that don't take their side on gun control. ... Read full article
