Governance/Regulation & Compliance

FSB proposes significant loss-absorbing liability buffers; banks may pass on higher funding costs to clients.

Gennady Timchenko, a confidant of Vladimir Putin, is said to be under scrutiny by U.S. prosecutors.

Agency argued the company's barometric screenings violated Americans with Disabilities Act.

Bank boosts estimate of possible losses related to legal matters.

Economies need government spending as well as central bank stimulus, investor says.

During the last five years, financial providers worldwide have been subjected to an unprecedented amount of regulatory change: Compliance has never been…