#What crisis? Big bank profits soar despite banking troubles 

#What crisis? Big bank profits soar despite banking troubles 

Large U.S. banks reported massive earnings Friday, signaling that the biggest institutions largely shrugged off the banking crisis stemming from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.  JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the nation, posted $12.6 billion in first-quarter profits, a whopping 52 percent increase from the same period last year.  Wells Fargo’s quarterly profits rose 32…

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#United Furniture lenders reveal chaos surrounding 2,700 layoffs

#United Furniture lenders reveal chaos surrounding 2,700 layoffs

“United Furniture lenders reveal chaos surrounding 2,700 layoffs” Lenders to United Furniture Industries claimed in court filings they were blindsided by the company’s pre-Thanksgiving move to abruptly fire its 2,700 employees in the middle of the night — revealing for the first time a bizarre sequence of events that triggered the surprise bloodbath. The Nov….

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#Wells Fargo’s hiring practices under investigation: report

#Wells Fargo’s hiring practices under investigation: report

“Wells Fargo’s hiring practices under investigation: report” Federal prosecutors in New York have opened a criminal investigation into whether Wells Fargo violated federal laws by conducting fake job interviews, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Earlier this week, the bank said in a memo it was pausing a hiring policy that requires recruiters to…

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#SEC fines Wells Fargo M for anti-money laundering lapses

#SEC fines Wells Fargo $7M for anti-money laundering lapses

“SEC fines Wells Fargo $7M for anti-money laundering lapses” The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday that Wells Fargo Advisors had agreed to pay $7 million to settle charges of anti-money laundering related violations. The regulator said Wells Fargo Advisors failed to file at least 34 Suspicious Activity Reports in a timely manner between April 2017 and October 2021. The lapse arose because the…

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