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Wells Fargo on the receiving end of USAA's long-standing intellectual property threat; millions are mad about Erica, Bank of America's virtual assistant; relief may be in reach for bankers fed up with SARs; and more from this week's ... Read full article

From a major CFPB deadline to a long-anticipated fintech report, there's a lot to watch for in the days to come. ... Read full article

Kathy Kraninger, an obscure official at the Office of Management and Budget, is President Trump's leading candidate to become director of CFPB, according to sources. ... Read full article

No plan will be implemented as long as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain in conservatorship, but a capital framework for the companies could still have a substantive impact. ... Read full article

Blue Lion Capital, which has been a vocal critic of the Seattle company's strategy, also wants management to consider selling its MSR portfolio. ... Read full article

Bank of America is in expansion mode and wants to add 10,000 retail and other workers who better reflect the communities it serves. ... Read full article

The agency has provided new information about changes large and midsize banks are making in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal, but Senate Democrats continue to press for more details. ... Read full article

The settlement applies to customers who had accounts opened without their consent over a 15-year period beginning in May 2002. ... Read full article

The settlement is the latest development in probes by governments around the globe into banks’ manipulation of benchmark interest rates. ... Read full article

Of all the types of malicious software targeting businesses, ransomware continues to be one of the most pervasive, according to recent studies. Here's an overview of the things banks, especially small ones, are doing to stop it. ... Read full article

The Canadian company's ambitions include opening a commercial banking office in Dallas and beefing up lending to the technology, construction engineering and the health care sectors. ... Read full article

Readers respond to a bill designed to modernize the anti-money-laundering rules, applaud the acting head of the CFPB’s decision to fire the members of the bureau’s advisory councils, opine on when a bank ought to communicate it has been hacked and more. ... 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

The new chair of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors argues that state regulators will keep protecting consumers if the CFPB curtails oversight. ... Read full article

The conversation about financial policy in Washington has moved past designations of giant firms. ... Read full article

Even with the decline, the nation's largest bank still employs a higher percentage of black employees in the U.S. than its rivals. ... 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

Marc Dann, a former Ohio attorney general, has a plan to publicly maintain the CFPB's consumer complaint database if acting Director Mick Mulvaney shuts it down. ... Read full article