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EU Probe: Danske Ignored Russia’s Money Laundering Warnings

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The warnings were sent in 2007 and 2013, and the information stems from the outcome of an investigation by the European Banking Authority (EBA). According to the document, Danske Bank was warned by the Russian bank after it acquired Finland’s Sampo Bank and its Estonian business in February 2007.

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Danske Scandal Could Involve US Banks

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The agencies probing the alleged incident include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of the Treasury and the DOJ. Wilkinson, a British former head of markets in Danske’s Estonian branch until 2014, helped reveal how the non-resident money flowed through the tiny branch between 2007 and 2015.

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Wells Fargo Computer Glitch Forced Hundreds Of Foreclosures

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Wells Fargo , the embattled national bank, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that hundreds of individuals saw their homes in foreclosure because of a glitch in software the company used. According to a report in CNN citing Wells Fargo , software it used denied mortgage modification requests incorrectly.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

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The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly.

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

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We have a long way to go before recapturing the home price highs of 2006 and 2007, but it is a start. They announced another quantitative easing program—this time, QE3—part 2, in which they will buy $45 billion a month in Treasury bonds in addition to the $40 billion per month of mortgage backed securities that they are buying for QE3.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

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More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. And quite frankly, I did not know there were so many tranches to mortgage-backed securities. trillion failed. What caused it? Good times.

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My Fantasy Banking Team

Jeff For Banks

Since his joining the Board, the bank has stabilized, returned to profitability, recaptured it's deferred tax asset, and NPAs/Assets have declined to less than 3%. Selection: Greg Garrabrants, BofI Holding, Inc, (NASDAQ: BOFI) Greg has been in charge of the Bank since 2007. Security Bank in Midland, Texas lends to business, period.