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Bank of America in settlement talks with U.S. regulators over employee cell phone use

Bank of America in settlement talks with U.S. regulators over employee cell phone use

[html]NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America said on Friday that it is engaged in settlement talks with the U.S. Securities and Exchange co*mission (SEC) and...
                              

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America said on Friday that it is engaged in settlement talks with the U.S. Securities and Exchange co*mission (SEC) and the co*modity Futures Trading co*mission (CFTC) over staff co*munications on unapproved devices.   


Earlier in July, the bank said it had earmarked roughly $200 million for fines it expects to co*e from regulatory probes into the unauthorized use of personal phones by bank staff.


The SEC has been looking into whether Wall Street banks have been adequately documenting employees’ work-related co*munications, such as text messages and emails, during the work-from-home period of the pandemic.      


In December, the SEC and the CFTC fined J.P. Morgan Securities $200 million for “widespread” failures to preserve staff co*munications on personal mobile devices, messaging apps and emails.


Other major investment banks including Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Barclays have also put aside cash to cover similar expected fines.


Regulators require banks to keep records of all business-related co*munications and as a result financial firms typically ban the use of personal email, texts and other social media channels for work purposes, although bankers do not always co*ply with those rules.


The SEC’s head of enforcement has said banks’ failure to fully record all staff co*munications has hampered its probes into other, unrelated issues.


(Reporting by Elizabeth Dilts MarshallEditing by Marguerita Choy)


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