ALBANY (AP) — New York regulators have reached agreement for Standard Chartered Bank to pay a $300 million penalty and suspend dollar exchanges through its New York branch for high-risk retail business clients at its SCB Hong Kong subsidiary. The ...

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NEW YORK — A judge overstepped his authority when he blocked a $285 million settlement between Citigroup Inc. and government regulators over toxic mortgage securities, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators are acting to require U.S. banks to build a sturdier financial base to lessen the risk that they could collapse and cause a global meltdown. The eight biggest U.S. banks will have to meet stricter measures ...

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WASHINGTON — Regulators took a step Tuesday toward requiring eight of the largest U.S. banks to meet a stricter measure of health to reduce the threat they pose to the financial system. The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ...

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ALBANY — New York regulators say premiums for so-called “force-placed” insurance have more than tripled since 2004, producing enormous profits for insurers and the banks that take out policies when a homeowner fails to maintain coverage required by the mortgage. ...

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Michaels Stores, a Texas-based arts and crafts supplier, has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle deceptive-advertising charges leveled by New York state regulators. Under a settlement announced Monday with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ...

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WASHINGTON — The largest U.S. banks will be required to show regulators how they would break up and sell off their assets if they are in danger of failing. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted 3-0 to approve the rules ...

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After dozens of companies based in China went public in the United States over the past five years, regulators are uncovering fraud at some, cooling down what has become a hot sector of the stock market. Since March, more than 24 Chinese-based firms disclosed accounting problems or auditor resignations.

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WASHINGTON — Banking regulators refused to commit to releasing details of their investigations into illegal foreclosure practices by the nation's largest banks. Appearing before a Senate panel Thursday ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal banking regulators are examining whether mortgage companies cut corners on their own procedures when they moved to foreclose on people's homes, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators have authorized legal action against more than 50 executives and directors of collapsed U.S. banks as they seek to recover about $1 billion in losses.

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