Joe L. Allbritton, head of the family that has controlled Riggs Bank for more than two decades, told the board of directors yesterday that he will relinquish his last official post with the ...

Federal bank regulators are preparing to impose fines on Riggs Bank as soon as this week for not reporting millions of dollars in suspicious transactions at its embassy banking division, and have ...

Two former Riggs Bank employees have won state regulatory approval to open NewTower Trust Co. with $4.56 billion in assets they once managed at the troubled Washington bank. <@SM><@SM><TAB>The ...

Riggs Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to a criminal charge of failing to report suspicious transactions in the accounts of foreigners, including two dictators, and agreed to a $16 million proposed fine.

Bank regulators, who stumbled across the Pinochet funds during a Riggs review in early 2002, could have given Mrs. Allbritton compelling reasons for closing the accounts.

WASHINGTON - Riggs Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to a criminal charge of failing to report suspicious transactions in the accounts of foreigners, including two dictators, and agreed to a $16 ...

Bank regulators, who stumbled across the Pinochet funds during a Riggs review in early 2002, could have given Mrs. Allbritton compelling reasons for closing the accounts.

Riggs also allowed wire transfers totaling more than $35 million from an Equatorial Guinea government account at the bank that received funds from oil companies -- to companies including one that ...

WASHINGTON &ndash; Riggs Bank N.A., whose international dealings helped trigger a federal crackdown on money laundering by U.S. financial institutions, is expected to plead guilty to a criminal ...

WASHINGTON -- A lawsuit was filed on behalf of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and their families against Riggs Bank for allegedly contributing to the disaster through negligence, as both the ...