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The Clinton administration, as well as some senators, presented legislation today to make it illegal for American banks to handle the proceeds of official corruption abroad. The proposals were offered […]

The co-chairman of Citigroup testified before a Senate subcommittee today that his bank had been slow to correct years of weak controls over wealthy private accounts, and he lent support […]

In 1997, federal bank examiners were pressing executives at Citibank Private Bank to explain the source of more than $50 million deposited into a secret account controlled by the president […]

Two Congressional investigations, set off from different starting points, are examining Citibank and the confidential world of private banking, a growing and highly lucrative service. The investigations, led by lawmakers […]

Late in the spring of 1996, Federal bank examiners discovered that the central bank of China was moving tens of millions of dollars into the United States, depositing it in […]

For more than 50 years the International Monetary Fund has been imposing austerity plans on countries in crisis. But with the bailout package it agreed to with South Korea last […]

The Justice Department provided new details today into when and why it opened an investigation into the trail of tens of millions of dollars whisked out of Mexico to Switzerland […]

In March 1992, Bill Clinton, running for President, acknowledged that he and his wife, Hillary, had improperly claimed tax deductions for interest payments that had actually been made by the […]

The Federal Reserve has decided to take no action after completing a two-year inquiry into the financial ties of the Stephens family in Little Rock, Ark. The investigation focused on […]

The 1990 bank loans at the core of the case that prosecutors are building against Bruce Lindsey, President Clinton's most trusted adviser, seem obscure, but during the 1992 Presidential race […]

In the weeks before he was replaced as the independent counsel investigating the Whitewater case, Robert B. Fiske Jr. substantially broadened his inquiry to examine the way Bill Clinton had […]

James M. Fail, once a favored buyer of failed banks and savings-and-loan institutions from the Government, is being sued by Federal regulators trying to rescind the multibillion-dollar assistance package given […]

A powerful business empire with close links to the Clinton White House is under investigation by the Federal Reserve, an inquiry that has opened the fiercely private business group to […]

The Federal Reserve Board has found that Saudi Arabia's largest bank and its former chief executive violated American banking laws in trying to acquire control of the Washington-based First American […]

A report released today by Congressional auditors criticizes Federal regulators for what it calls their lax supervision of the Bank of New England before it failed. The report, issued by […]

Federal bank regulators told Congress today that they shared responsibility for the costly collapse of the Bank of New England Corporation because of their lax supervision. The acknowledgment came in […]

Early in the evening of Saturday, April 20, officials of the BankAmerica Corporation gave Federal regulators their final offer for the failed Bank of New England. Their bid of $237 […]

LEAD: A former Bush aide, whose role in the Government sale of several troubled banks and savings institutions in the Southwest is being investigated, told Congress today that a firm […]

LEAD: The Federal case against a Luxembourg bank charged with money laundering has opened a window on the international finances of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, prompting bank lawyers to threaten […]

A Senate subcommittee today urged as one measure to combat money laundering the possible imposition of sanctions against countries with offshore banks whose governments refuse to cooperate with United States […]

A House subcommittee has found evidence that a Philippine banker said to handle the personal finances of President Ferdinand E. Marcos played a key role in the acquisition of hundreds […]

Four New York City properties linked to President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines and his wife, Imelda, have been for sale since last year for as much as $300 […]

American banks and financial institutions played a modest role in the finances of Ferdinand E. Marcos and his family, according to documents brought to Hawaii by the Marcos party. The […]

CAPITAL flight, the exporting of assets from countries in trouble, used to be talked about by only a few economists and bankers. Recently, however, it has become a major issue […]

LEAD: In the wake of last month's stock market plunge, world financial regulators have intensified their effort to change outdated national regulations to cope with an increasingly global market. In […]

Focuses on a report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which stated that legal work performed by Hillary Rodham Clinton and another Rose Law Firm partner was linked to sham payments in the Castle Grande real estate deal. Deal under investigation by the Whitewater independent counsel; What the Castle Grande project involved.

Says that James M. Fail, once a favored buyer of failed banks and savings and loans from the government, is now being sued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which is trying to rescind the multibillion-dollar assistance package it gave him in 1988. Fraud charges; Background of the case.

Presents a special report on the civil inquiry into holdings of the Stephens family of Arkansas. Already, information has been uncovered that could prove embarrassing to the family's companies. Question of the extent of the family's control and ownership of two Arkansas banks; The family empire; The tangled web of ownership.