Regulators extend comment period for Volcker Rule changes

09/04/18

The agencies had proposed revisions designed to make compliance less complex, but banks have expressed concern that the plan could have the opposite effect.

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JPMorgan will pay $24 million to end lawsuit from black advisers

09/04/18

JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with financial advisers who say they were treated poorly because they're black.

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Google pays Mastercard for data; Wall Street’s AG choice

09/04/18

The deal lets Google learn more about what people buy based on online ads, but raises privacy concerns; checkbooks favor Congressman Sean Maloney.

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Will federal control of Fannie and Freddie ever end?

09/03/18

Maybe political winds or another downturn will spark housing finance reform. But 10 years after the conservatorships began, the companies are still in perpetual limbo.

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Best Banks to Work For, Comerica's scramble, pot banking: Top stories of the week

08/31/18

How the 'Best Banks to Work For' get employees to love their jobs; Comerica works to address fraud in prepaid benefits program; how to tell if you're banking a pot business; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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TD Bank's mobile browser knocked offline by software update

08/31/18

Online maintenance caused the outage, the second time this year a glitch has caused problems for TD customers.

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CFPB posts rule explaining how HMDA exemptions will work

08/31/18

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule Friday to clarify changes made to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act that were mandated by President Trump's regulatory relief law.

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How big a data security problem is the Fiserv glitch?

08/31/18

The company built a patch within 24 hours of being alerted to a vulnerability in messaging software used by many banks. Fiserv is looking into how this happened while addressing speculation about whether consumer data is still threatened.

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Wells Fargo defends policies after report of alleged gender bias

08/31/18

Wells Fargo said it thoroughly investigates all complaints of impropriety, after a report said the company is failing to treat some of its female employees fairly.

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Proposed N.C. bank plans regional SBA, homebuilder divisions

08/31/18

Organizers of Dogwood State Bank are looking to raise $75 million in hopes of opening by mid-2019.

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