The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is taking action against a former bank employee who allegedly stole millions of dollars from customer accounts.
The OCC says it’s issuing an order of prohibition against William Shane Garrow, the former senior vice president of private banking for a subsidiary of BOK Financial in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Says the OCC,
“Between approximately March 17,...
Rate cuts could materialize earlier than consensus expectations, according to Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller.
In a new interview with CNBC, Waller says the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) could slash the federal funds rate as soon as July.
“Any tariff inflation we should see, and I’ve been given various estimates, and I don’t think it’s going to be that big, and we should just...
A 28-year-old teacher says JPMorgan Chase is refusing to make him whole after scammers pretending to work at the bank stole $32,000.
Texas resident Russell Leahy says he lost the money to thieves who claimed to be Chase Bank representatives, reports the ABC-affiliated news station WFAA.
Leahy says he got a phone call from the impostors who warned him that his account was flashing suspicious...
The victims of a massive US data breach are set to receive their share of a multi-million-dollar settlement.
A court has issued the preliminary approval of a deal that awards a total of $2.3 million to the more than 71,000 victims impacted by a cybersecurity attack at Sysco, a major food distribution company.
The funds are for “all individuals who reside in the United States to whom Sysco sent...
Two billion-dollar banks are facing a lawsuit for allegedly failing to stop a huge transfer fueled by artificial intelligence.
Texas resident Gary Cunningham is suing PlainsCapital Bank and Pathward N.A. after $20,000 was fraudulently transferred from his account, reports Fox 26.
The fraud happened after criminals hacked Cunningham’s email and used AI to clone his voice and convince his...
Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Michaël van de Poppe says Bitcoin (BTC) is showing signs of turning bullish.
Van de Poppe tells his 792,200 followers on the social media platform X that Bitcoin could soar above the $112,000 price and hit a new all-time high if BTC manages to break above the resistance level at around $108,900.
“Bitcoin trending back upwards, which is a great sign.”
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Litecoin (LTC), XRP and Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications all have overwhelming odds of approval this year, according to Bloomberg ETF analysts.
James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas now say on the social media platform X that those three altcoins have a 95% chance of securing ETFs in 2025.
They also give potential Dogecoin (DOGE), Cardano (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), Hedera (HBAR) and...
Cybersecurity researchers have reportedly uncovered what is likely the biggest data breach in history, affecting billions of people who use Apple, Facebook, Google and other services.
Since the beginning of the year, researchers at Cybernews have been thumbing through “supermassive datasets” that contain at least 16 billion records of login information for social media, VPNs, developer portals,...
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A Nebraska-based investment advisor faces up to 30 years in prison after admitting he’s behind an attempted $45.65 million fraud against financial institutions.
Jesse Hill, 35, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and will be sentenced in September, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska.
Hill and an unnamed individual who worked in the real estate...