Crime and misconduct

Ten years after faulty mortgages upended the global financial system, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $2.09 billion to settle a U.S. probe into its creation and sale of loans that contributed to the disaster.

Five potential witnesses against Paul Manafort, including accountants and bankers, were identified Monday as a U.S. judge gave the former Trump campaign chairman's lawyers more time to review tens of thousands of documents handed over to them in recent weeks.

A new court filing suggests that Stephen Calk was named to a 13-member economic advisory team in 2016 in exchange for approving a $9.5 million loan to former campaign manager Paul Manafort.

Costs rose at the global bank, profit in North America fell 16% and questions are mounting for new CEO John Flint ahead of the release of his strategic plan.

The Federal Savings Bank has been under a spotlight since it was revealed that it provided $16 million in mortgages to onetime Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

CEO Tim Sloan and board chair Elizabeth Duke fielded tough questions Tuesday on everything from the embattled bank’s culture to its ties to the private prison industry.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group has agreed to pay $500 million to the state of New York after a $5.5B agreement last year with the FHA, and another probe is pending.

Stephen Calk is in the national media glare because his small Chicago-based bank made two enormous loans to Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign manager. Here’s a look at Calk's career and how he ended up in this spot.

The Chicago bank is denying a report that its CEO, Steve Calk, made $16 million in mortgage loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in exchange for a job in the White House.

The Puerto Rico-based bank failed in 2015. The FDIC, its receiver, is seeking unspecified economic and punitive damages from 16 lenders, including Bank of America, Barclays and Credit Suisse.

Former top commercial mortgage-backed securities strategist Trevor Murray accused the Swiss lender of illegally firing him in 2012 for blowing the whistle on attempts by traders to influence his research reports.

The San Francisco company said Friday that it has terminated Franklin Codel, effective immediately, over an interaction he had with a former employee regarding that employee's termination.

The bank plans to contact all customers who paid fees for rate lock extensions during a three-and-a-half-year period and to refund any who believe they should not have been charged.

Ocwen Financial reached a settlement with 10 states under which it can't acquire servicing rights for eight months but will not face any financial penalties.

Chairman Stephen Sanger could step down ahead of the embattled bank's next annual meeting, according to a news report, clearing the way for the elevation of Duke, the current vice chairman and a former Fed governor and banking executive.

Low scores make it harder for banks to get regulatory OKs to expand, but Wells is in retrenchment mode anyway.