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JPMorgan Chase's chief compliance officer just left after a year on the job. The lenders legal and regulatory battles last year led to more than $23 billion in settlements. [2/26]

National Fair Housing Alliance files complaint against Deutsche Bank alleging that foreclosed houses it manages in black and Latino neighborhoods had more broken windows and trash in the yards in three cities it investigated. This is the third bank the group has filed similar complaints against. [2/26]

Here's the scoop on what happened to NB Hot List and what you can look forward to in Risk InboX. [2/26]

Mt. Gox, once the top platform for trading Bitcoin, suspends transactions. The wider virtual currency industry is seeking to distance itself from Mt. Gox and reassure the market about the future of the industry. [2/25]

ABA's letter to members of the House of Representatives urges support of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act. [2/25]

Connecticut mortgage lender self-reported potential RESPA violations and reaches a $83,000 settlement with CFPB. [2/25]

Despite reports that large banks are crushing community banks in small-business lending, the facts are that almost 60 percent of small business loans are provided by institutions with less than $10 billion in assets. [2/25]

In the wake of retailer security breaches, HSBC will begin offering its customers two-factor authentication, available either as a small hardware device and a mobile app download, which will give online banking customers a unique code to enter each time they log in. [2/25]

NY's State Department of Financial Services is seeking to build a regulatory framework to virtual currencies by the end of the year. Here is a recap of where things stand now. [2/24]

What's happening to banks in central Massachusetts can be said about institutions throughout the country seeking to earn revenues in an era of slim interest rate margins and a regulatory agency closely scrutinizing efforts of banks to raise funds elsewhere. [2/24]