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Xu Guojun, a former local branch head at Bank of China, was handed a life sentence over one of the Asian nation's biggest bank frauds.

Carter Bankshares in Martinsville, Virginia, is attempting to exit a longstanding relationship with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice through a seldom-used collections tool that was at the center of a court hearing this week.

An increase in paper mail theft corresponds with a rise in physically altered checks that redirect funds to fraudsters.

Banks and fintechs are coming together to help older customers with a variety of needs, from avoiding financial exploitation to planning for the future.

The former mortgage professionals say they routinely worked nights and weekends in excess of 60 hours a week.

The district judge upheld the state's regulations mandating that nonbanks disclose the annual percentage rate, finance charges and fees on financings of $500,000 or less.

The credit card company is creating avenues for their staff, veterans and talent outside their organization looking to upskill.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has developed an advanced artificial intelligence tool that can spot harassment in transaction messages.

Bank customers' complaints of sudden account closures track a rise in automated anti-money-laundering decisions and possibly outdated AML rules.

An email security company has found a 12-fold increase in the number of phishing emails it has seen since the advent of ChatGPT, and malicious models may be to blame.