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Fed Fines Big Banks For Alleged Foreclosure Abuse

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 03.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve said Monday that it plans to fine eight additional U.S. bank holding companies for improperly foreclosing on homeown...

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Major Banks Engineered Decade-Long Kickback Scheme, Investigators Say

American Banker | Jeff Horwitz | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Kickbacks, Countrywide, Major Banks, Wells Fargo, SunTrust Banks, Real-Estate-Settlement-Procedures-Act, Banks, Big Banks, Citigroup, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Many of the country's largest banks received $6 billion in kickbacks from mortgage insurers over the course of a decade, according to a previously und...

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Keycorp Plans To Repay Entire TARP Bailout

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Financial Crisis, Keycorp, Bailout, Troubled Asset Relief Program, SunTrust Banks, Business News

(Reuters) - Keycorp said on Friday that it planned to repay $2.5 billion in U.S. government bailout funds, becoming one of the latest banks to sha...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Megabank Warns It May Be Punished Over Foreclosure Practices

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Occ, Wells Fargo, SunTrust Banks, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Foreclosure Fraud, Hsbc, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Business News, Foreclosure, Citigroup, Business News

UPDATE 7:00 PM: U.S. Bancorp, the nation's 10th-biggest lender by assets, also warned investors of impending penalties, its annual report shows. The...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Banks Expect To Be Punished By Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, SunTrust Banks, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Fraud, Citigroup, Business News

Three of the nation's largest banks said Friday that they expect to be sanctioned by the U.S. government for their foreclosure practices, securities f...

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Wall Street Leverage Rising At Fastest Pace Since '07

bloomberg.com | Kristen Haunss and Jody Shenn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Banks are increasing lending to buyers of high-yield company loans and mortgage bonds at what may be the fastest pace since the...

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The Return of Gordon Gekko

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Gordon Gekko, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Bailout, Suntrust-Banks, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Bernard Madoff, Securities and Exchange Commission, Citigroup, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Wall Street speculation has it that some investors may have been privy to government actions involving a number of these banks at the outset of the financial crisis or to their financial results.

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First batch of bailout money for banks moving soon

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Bailout, Finance, SunTrust Banks, Capital One Financial, Economy, Federal Reserve, Henry Paulson, Banks, Financial Crisis, Bailout Plan, Business News

WASHINGTON — The government prepared Monday to move the first batch of bailout money to banks as fretful world markets plunged again. Wall Stree...

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