Financial institutions urged to look beyond FFIEC rules
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Financial institutions looking to meet a Dec. 31 deadline calling for stronger online authentication need to consider other risk mitigation measures as well.
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At a Senate Banking Committee hearing yesterday, legislators and consumer advocates prodded federal banking regulators to move more quickly to put restrictions on non-traditional mortgage lending, because, they said, the new kinds of mortgages may place borrowers and lenders at financial risk.
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The City watchdog asks insurers and brokers to inform on firms that they think are committing fraud.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration plans to review the regulatory system for financial institutions, with the goal of making changes to better reflect modern markets.
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Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday his staff has demanded documents from two Wall Street firms over their recommendations on subprime lenders such as New Century Financial Corp. of California, questioning whether analysts remained too positive on the faltering companies to prop up other financial relationships.
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As more details emerge about the recently disclosed security breach at TJX Companies, lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering new laws that would put the onus for paying for such breaches on retailers and merchants, rather than banks and credit unions, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators directed banks on Friday to properly explain the risks posed to borrowers from interest-only and other nontraditional mortgages.
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The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday considered new protections for high-cost mortgage borrowers to avoid a repeat of the loose lending standards that have put many Americans at risk of losing their homes.
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U.S. lawmakers wrote to regulators on Monday expressing concern that some banks are processing unsigned checks used by fraudsters seeking to drain money from the accounts of vulnerable people.
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Unlike recent financial scandals, issues raised by Fannie Mae's regulators pertain to unwieldy accounting rules that are open to widely divergent interpretations.
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Business & money: Business leaders oppose stronger powers to investigate breaches.
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A U.S. financial regulator on Tuesday said big investment banks that played a role in the subprime mortgage problems should be required to reinvest in local communities.
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Vulnerable areas of CPA funds spark questioning
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Global finance chiefs on Saturday called for a more broad-based effort to calm financial markets, including tighter scrutiny by the International Monetary Fund and other institutions of increasingly powerful state-owned investment funds.
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Unfair bank charges harm people on low incomes and need more regulation, a consumer watchdog says.
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If you&#39;re in the habit of playing beat the clock with your checking account, it&#39;s time to change your ways. Soon, the financial two-step known as the &quot;float&quot; will be much harder to pull off.
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Victims of previous financial collapses call on government to extend Northern Rock pledge.