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FinanceBiden administration eases Wells Fargo oversight, saying bank has sufficiently fixed its toxic culture after years of scandals
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2024
FinanceFirst National Bank caught ignoring Black, Latino neighborhoods in North Carolina as redlining mortgage scandal grows
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2024
PoliticsThat bank charge from a transaction getting declined in real time is another ‘junk fee,’ Biden’s CFPB claims
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2024
Personal FinanceBank overdraft fees could drop to $3 under new Biden proposal: ‘Banks call it a service—I call it exploitation’
By Ken Sweet, Cora Lewis and The Associated PressJanuary 17, 2024
Finance‘We are not where we need to be’: Boeing vows to step up quality inspections on 737 Max planes after door panel blowout
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressJanuary 16, 2024
By Paul Wiseman, Ken Sweet and The Associated PressDecember 20, 2023
FinanceWall Street’s biggest rivals unite on Capitol Hill to slap down Biden’s proposed changes to how banks are regulated: ‘It just doesn’t make sense’
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressDecember 7, 2023
CompaniesFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s former hedge fund chief (and ex-girlfriend) Caroline Ellison says he hoped to be U.S. president someday
By Ken Sweet, Larry Neumeister and The Associated PressOctober 11, 2023
EnvironmentFEMA has paid Maui fire survivors $4 million so far—and overall damage in the area could top $3 billion
By Ken Sweet, Mae Anderson and The Associated PressAugust 18, 2023
FinanceCitigroup says slavery indirectly helped its predecessor companies, joining a wave of businesses reexamining their troubled pasts
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressJuly 27, 2023
FinanceBank of America caught opening accounts without consent, withholding customer reward bonuses and ‘double-dipping’ on overdraft fees
By Ken Sweet, Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressJuly 12, 2023
FinanceCheck fraud has gotten so rampant that postal officials are warning Americans to avoid mailing checks
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressJune 13, 2023
FinancePayPal and Venmo users shouldn’t store money on the apps long term because the funds might not be safe during a crisis, federal watchdog warns
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressJune 2, 2023
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