The Irish Times

Joe Biden appoints women to top communications and economics jobs

President-elect continues to meet promise of filling team with diverse cast of senior officials

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 10:00

Credit check group Equifax hit with $700m penalty in US over data breach

Personal details of 47m consumers hacked after company failed to take basic precautions

Mon Jul 22 2019 - 15:24

Wall Street to loom large in Elizabeth Warren’s White House run

Combative Massachusetts Democrat the first notable candidate to confirm Trump challenge

Mon Dec 31 2018 - 20:37

Ten years on from Lehmans: Could the 2008 crisis happen again?

A decade after the world’s worst financial meltdown, history may be repeating itself

Sat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00

Row as two bosses show up for work at US banking watchdog

Trump-appointee Mick Mulvaney tells staff of Washington consumer bureau to disregard rival’s orders

Mon Nov 27 2017 - 19:41

Trump fights for control of consumer finance watchdog

Two rival acting heads expected to appear at consumer bureau’s Washington offices

Sun Nov 26 2017 - 19:35

Finance no longer the enemy as bankers come in from the cold

Practitioners of the ‘alchemy of finance’ appear to be out of the dock

Fri Mar 24 2017 - 08:53

Paul Krugman: Trump’s economic policy is about screwing the little guy

Reforms such as Dodd-Frank serve people not corporations. These are being reversed

Tue Feb 07 2017 - 17:38

Wells Fargo hit with record fine over secret accounts

World’s most valuable bank will pay $185m in fines as well as restitution

Thu Sept 08 2016 - 20:25

PayPal fined $25m over consumer credit allegations

Series of complaints by US consumer financial watchdog

Wed May 20 2015 - 01:00

Defending Wall Street’s right to go back to its old ways

Republicans trying to stop financial reform

Tue May 12 2015 - 01:00

Wall Street is screaming because US financial reform is working

Creation of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should not have been controversial

Tue Aug 05 2014 - 01:00

Bank of America ordered to repay $772m for deceptive marketing

Bank illegally charged customers for credit monitoring and credit reporting services

Thu Apr 10 2014 - 08:59

Could the US be heading towards an Elizabethan era?

Elizabeth Warren’s supporters hope she might run for president in 2016

Sat Nov 16 2013 - 18:28