Who is Your Borrower in a Virtual World?March 08, 2013Regulations are murky in defining how banks should verify customer identity when a new customer opens an account or credit line through digital channels, but best practices are emerging to help banks with customer identity verification in those instances.
What's Next For Mobile Banking?February 08, 2013Mobile isn't just a delivery channel anymore, and banks must determine how to best position themselves to leverage the benefits of this channel.
M&T Brings On Donald Truslow As New Chief Risk OfficerFebruary 01, 2013Truslow, who previously worked at The Financial Services Roundtable and Wachovia Corporation, will also serve as executive vice president and a member of the bank's management committee.
The Compliance Risk of Social MediaJanuary 29, 2013The guidelines recently issued by the FFIEC on risk management and the use of social media for financial institutions only scratches the surface of this burgeoning issue.
More Than Half of Banks Hit by DDoS Attacks Last Year, Study FindsJanuary 23, 2013In a recent survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute, more than half of the banking IT professionals in the study said their bank had experienced at least one DDoS in the previous 12 months.
Rewriting the KYC PlaybookJanuary 18, 2013Banks must address the "V3challenge" -- questions around variety, velocity and vagueness -- in order to achieve better bank counterparty due diligence, as part of Know Your Customer compliance.
JPMorgan Slashes CEO Dimon's Bonus Due to 'Whale' TradeJanuary 16, 2013JPMorgan Chase & Co's
board of directors cut Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's annual
bonus in half, citing the company's $6.2 billion "London Whale"
trading loss, the company said on Wednesday.
JPMorgan Chase Faces U.S. Order to Improve ComplianceJanuary 11, 2013A U.S. regulatory probe of JP
Morgan Chase & Co is expected to result in an order that
the bank correct lapses in how it polices suspect money flows,
in an action expected as soon as Friday, people familiar with
the situation said.
Looser Bank Buffer Rules No Panacea For Europe, U.S.January 07, 2013A decision by global
regulators to give banks more time and flexibility to build cash
reserves will not boost lending or speed recovery in
debt-strapped Europe, where firms and households have scant
appetite to borrow.