Office of the Comptroller of the Currency "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow
cum/ex The cum-ex scam stole $60b from European tax authorities: it's monumentally boring, complicated, and very, very important Cory Doctorow
crime pays Wells Fargo's ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very, very rich) Cory Doctorow
blind trusts Citing the Panama Papers, Elizabeth Warren proposes sweeping anti-financial-secrecy rules Cory Doctorow
the ecology moment American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow
labour How the British left should seize this moment to strip finance of its political clout Cory Doctorow
aramco Davos in the Desert is back, and banks and hedge fund managers are flocking to Mister Bone-Saw's side Cory Doctorow
mediocre billionaires Rep Katie Porter: an Elizabeth Warren protege and single mom who destroys bumbling, mediocre rich guys in Congressional hearings Cory Doctorow
cum/ex Trial begins for the "cum/ex" bankers accused of stealing €447m and trying for €60b Cory Doctorow
Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt A deep dive into Elizabeth Warren's plan to tame private equity Cory Doctorow
financial engineers In 2008 "synthetic CDOs" destroyed the global economy, and now they're back Cory Doctorow
#MotivationMonday Chase's idiotic poverty-shaming "inspirational" tweet, and Twitter users' magnificent responses thereto Cory Doctorow
schadenfinance France fines UBS €3.7b for helping rich French residents launder more than €10b Cory Doctorow
banksplainers r us Bank lobbyists are scared to meet with AOC because she might humiliate them on Twitter later Cory Doctorow
occupy jamie dimon Jamie Dimon is getting fed up with the protesters who "occupy" him everywhere he goes Cory Doctorow
foreclosure Wells Fargo blames "computer glitch" for its improper foreclosure on 545 homes Cory Doctorow
puffery Wells Fargo: We can't be sued for lying to shareholders because it was obvious we were lying Cory Doctorow