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It was the second-biggest package the 61-year-old billionaire banker has received since he became CEO in 2005, only trailing his $49.9 million of reported compensation for 2007. ... Read full article

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s semiannual report on industry risk said tougher competition between banks, leading to looser underwriting, could arise from the economic expansion. ... Read full article

Craig Phillips, a top aide to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said his department "broadly" agrees with the FHFA plan, which would return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private market and provide them an explicit government guarantee. ... Read full article

HSBC has agreed to pay $100 million in penalties to resolve a Justice Department investigation into the rigging of currency rates, according to a person familiar with the matter. ... Read full article

The agency had accused the lenders of deceiving consumers and failing to disclose the true cost of the loans, which carried interest rates as high as 950% a year. ... Read full article

If anyone has doubted that acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney intends to overhaul the agency, the last three days alone have put those doubts to rest. ... Read full article

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not keep the rest of Washington apprised of his plan to rescind an Obama-era memo on pot. Now Fincen and other federal banking agencies are dealing with the backlash from that decision. ... Read full article

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting blasted a letter from Senate Democrats criticizing his agency for not implementing recommendations on supervision in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal. ... Read full article

Deutsche Bank's John Cryan on Thursday defended his strategy for Germany's largest lender, saying its turnaround has entered a "third phase" in which growth should finally be restored. ... Read full article

BNY Mellon plowed some of its tax law savings into restructuring efforts. ... Read full article

Bank says most of the benefits from tax reform will be used for dividends and buybacks; Michael Loughlin will stay on until his replacement is named later this year. ... Read full article

The bank’s innovation unit hopes some of the students it takes in from 12 universities including Columbia, NYU and Texas will end up working at Citi someday or creating startups it can partner with. ... Read full article

Financial institutions are facing considerable uncertainty following the Department of Justice’s decision to rescind Obama-era guidance for the legal marijuana business, but there are steps they can take to reduce their risks. ... Read full article

America's biggest banks just spent a week regaling shareholders about brighter days ahead, when tax cuts add billions of dollars to the firms' annual profits. About 8,000 people are getting left behind. ... Read full article

The Buffalo-based company donated a record $50 million to its charitable foundation to honor its former CEO Robert Wilmers, who passed away in late 2017. ... Read full article

Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has requested no funding from the Federal Reserve in the second quarter and instead will use reserves to fund the agency. ... Read full article

A group of big financial institutions wants to use the blockchain to help resurrect the packaging of home mortgages into securities, a business that almost destroyed the global banking system in 2008. ... Read full article

Merger- and tax-related charges took a bite out of fourth-quarter profits at the Cleveland company, but its CEO emphasized that a recent deal and tax reform are promising for growth. ... Read full article