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FDIC-Insured Banks Post Record Aggregate Quarterly Income

U.S. banking institutions that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) earned an aggregate net income of $43.0 billion in the second quarter of 2015, up $2.9 billion from a year ago, according to the FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile released Wednesday.

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Financial Institutions Account for Much of DOJ’s Record $24.7 Billion in Fines Collected in FY 2014

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced earlier this week that it has issued $24.7 billion in fines and penalties from various organizations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, which was more than three times the $8 billion that DOJ collected for FY 2013. Much of the money collected was a result of enforcement actions by DOJ upon financial institutions for their handling of residential mortgage-backed securities.

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Lawmakers Ask Financial Firms for Information on Data Breaches

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) sent letters on Tuesday to 16 financial institutions requesting detailed information regarding data breaches and seeking information about briefings from corporate IT officials, according to an announcement on Warren's web site.

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