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Banks submit millions of Bank Secrecy Act filings each year, yet only a fraction are valuable to law enforcement. Inside the struggle to change that. → Read More
The FHFA director’s recent comments about whether the government-sponsored enterprises should be designated as SIFIs tees up a potentially significant element of the mortgage finance debate. → Read More
Lawmakers are taking a closer look at the company’s data collection practices and its work on cryptocurrency payments, raising the possibility of more action down the line. → Read More
Synovus converted all 26 of its separately branded community banks to its own name over the past two years — a major undertaking that allowed Jennifer Upshaw, senior director of marketing, to shine. → Read More
"If you gathered the U.S.-based senior counsels of the major Chinese banks operating in the United States," said Joseph Loffredo, assistant general manager and chief financial officer at the New York branch of China Merchants Bank, "you'd find one outlier, a lady about half the age of most of the others." → Read More
As with the debate over guns, climate change and other social issues, banks may find themselves pressured to do more to address the country's wealth gap. → Read More
It remains to be seen whether anti-money-laundering provisions will get a deeper look this Congress or whether political optics will divide lawmakers on moving ahead with changes. → Read More
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters said the CEO's 2018 bonus was "outrageous and wholly inappropriate" and called for his removal. → Read More
How well Tim Sloan fares before the House Financial Services Committee will hinge largely on his ability to stay on message in the face of what is expected to be sharp criticism from Democratic lawmakers. → Read More
Banks once again are finding themselves in the political crosshairs over customers they finance, but this time it’s community activists, not the government, leading the charge. → Read More
California and others have passed consumer privacy laws, and lawmakers in Congress are beginning to address the issue. Here's an overview of the players and the proposals. → Read More
The data breach at Equifax and Facebook's scandals have made data privacy a big issue to state and federal lawmakers. Here's why banks need to be worried. → Read More
California and others have passed consumer privacy laws, and lawmakers in Congress are beginning to address the issue. → Read More
The administration is sending conflicting signals on whether it has a plan to overhaul the housing finance system, further complicating an already complex debate. → Read More
The freshman congresswoman will likely join the Financial Services Committee, where she could use her populist momentum to bring criticisms of the country's biggest banks even further into the mainstream. → Read More
No matter how far the Massachusetts Democrat goes in the next presidential race, the financial regulatory issues that she trumpets will be front and center. → Read More
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., will take the gavel on the Financial Services Committee next term. → Read More
The financial industry is not expecting movement on a lot of legislation given a divided Congress, but one measure is beginning to attract widespread attention. → Read More
Sen. Sherrod Brown, a longtime industry critic, said Monday that he’s weighing a possible 2020 bid. → Read More
The Senate is losing several key backers of last spring’s regulatory relief bill in the wake of the midterm elections. → Read More