After delay, Johnson appoints ethics watchdog board members - Roll Call Speaker Mike Johnson named two appointees to an independent congressional ethics and oversight board, ending an unprecedented delay. Roll Call · May 13, 2025
Beware of ‘check-washing’ scams—a crook stole $310,000 from one entrepreneur and the banks responsible won’t help In 2023, nearly 80%, or $21.1 billion, of global check fraud occurred in the Americas Fortune · May 1, 2025
Why weakening U.S. bank regulators could repeat the mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis As United States President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements wreak havoc on stock markets, concerns are mounting over the possibility of a global financial crisis. The Conversation · Apr 14, 2025
‘Nothing but a pattern’: Ethics advocates alarmed by delay for House watchdog - Roll Call More than three months into the new Congress, House leaders have not yet appointed board members of the Office of Congressional Conduct. Roll Call · Apr 14, 2025
US regulator OCC notifies Congress of major security breach Around 150,000 emails were accessed, which included plenty of sensitive information. TechRadar · Apr 9, 2025
House Ethics panel continues scrutiny of Rep. Cory Mills - Roll Call Allegations referred to the panel by the Office of Congressional Conduct involve campaign finance and government contracts. Roll Call · Mar 27, 2025
Crypto Pumps On News Of Trump's OCC Chief Pick, A Former Bitfury Executive Crypto prices surged overnight after the White House filed a nomination for Jonathan Gould to lead the OCC, but some crypto users aren't sure the former Bitfury executive's "ties" to BlackRock is good news. International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025
Citigroup CFO Mark Mason tells Goldman Sachs audience why his bank failed to meet regulatory requirements as part of $400 million penalty The chief financial officer explained how the way Citigroup was founded is contributing to problems complying with regulatory requirements. Fortune · Dec 10, 2024
You Sure That's How You Take a Motorcycle's Seat Off? Paul Sr's Bike Build-Off Gets Going The divide between metric and imperial bikes is more than just different tool sets and measurement standards, as you're probably well aware. Still, this video from Paul Sr. and his crew at Orange County Choppers, as they get stuck into working on their build-off bike, makes the differences painfully clear. RideApart · Nov 20, 2024
Google backs new Open Cloud Coalition to lobby across Europe Google is one of the 10 members that formed the Open Cloud Coalition, and Microsoft thinks that’s suspicious. TechRadar · Oct 29, 2024
Let The Paul Sr Vs Bearded Mechanic Vs Bikes & Beards Build-Off Begin! Orange County Choppers impresario Paul Sr. invited Bikes and Beards and the Bearded Mechanic to Florida to hash out the terms of their bike build-off challenge. RideApart · Sep 28, 2024
OCC Orders Wells Fargo To Fix Lapses In Money Laundering Controls U.S. regulator ordered Wells Fargo to tighten its controls on money laundering to prevent propagation of illicit transactions. International Business Times · Sep 13, 2024
Bikes And Beards Just Got Called Out By Paul Senior, For Some Reason Orange County Choppers was a big deal in the early 2000s, as much for its drama-filled TV show as its bike builds. And now Paul Sr. is meeting the Internet. RideApart · Aug 30, 2024
UTMB 2024: We're live at the starting line and history has already been made 50 km results are in and the 100 km race is underway as we wait for the 100-mile finale Advnture · Aug 30, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024 Still No 1? How the music charts lost their lustre The Top 40 used to bring the UK together. But since the streaming revolution, what we listen to has become increasingly hard to tally
International Business Times · Jul 22, 2024 US Regulator Finds Weak Risk Management At 11 Banks The OCC found that 11 of the 22 large banks under its supervision have "insufficient" or "weak" operational risk management.
International Business Times · Jul 11, 2024 Citigroup Fined $136M Over Long-Standing Internal Control, Risk Managment Issues The fines were levied by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
International Business Times · Jun 26, 2024 Sri Lanka Seals Partial Debt Deal After Financial Crash Cash-strapped Sri Lanka said Wednesday it had clinched a restructuring deal with a majority of bilateral lenders covering up to $5.8 billion in debt, a key step towards recovery after a 2022 financial crash.
Top News · Jan 29, 2024 US Bank Regulator Enhances Merger Review Transparency, Ends Automatic Approvals The US bank regulator aims to enhance transparency in merger reviews and eliminate automatic approvals, in a move to promote fairness and accountability in...
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2023 Bank of America Fined $12M for Reporting False Mortgage Data Bank of America fined over routinely filing false mortgage lending data to the government, the CFPB says.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 2, 2023 Bridgeport bank failure fallout: Dead CEO’s sister pleads guilty in collapse of Washington Federal Bank for Savings Over seven years, Janice Weston, vice president of the board of the clout-heavy bank, ordered bank employees to fool federal regulators by backdating loan documents.
Kiplinger · Jul 13, 2023 Bank of America Fined Over Junk Fees, Fake Accounts. Customers Get $100M Payout Bank of America was ordered to pay more than $100 million to customers for 'double-dipping' junk fees and denying rewards bonuses.
WEKU · Jul 11, 2023 Bank of America to pay $250 million for illegal fees, fake accounts An investigation found that Bank of America raked in tens of millions of dollars in resubmitted insufficient funds fees. The bank also illegally opened credit cards without customers knowledge.
Bangkok Post · Jun 15, 2023 Raimon Land set to launch 3 new luxury projects in Q4 SET-listed developer Raimon Land Plc is confident about high-end residential demand, with plans to launch three new luxury projects worth 18 billion baht in Phuket and Bangkok in the fourth quarter.
Fortune · Apr 25, 2023 JPMorgan Chase’s fintech buying spree JPMorgan Chase has bought or invested in more than 80 companies in two years.