The firm also asked for the suits filed in federal court to be thrown out.

The team leader is an industry veteran who spent 23 years at Wells Fargo and its predecessor A.G. Edwards.

The group, led by two brothers, joined the firm as partners and opened a new office for Noyes. It's now the firm's largest branch.

FINRA alleged he communicated with customers about standby letters of credit and bank guarantees outside the scope of his authority.

The move limits the bank’s ability to make golden-parachute payments and requires regulator approval before executives are hired.

The planners left J.P. Morgan, UBS and Merrill Lynch to go into business for themselves.

The second wirehouse deal for the digital advice startup comes after announcing a blockbuster partnership with UBS.

Tim Sloan acknowledged that there may have been instances in which employee complaints related to the bank's cross-selling practices may have been mishandled.

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The three recruits joined the independent firm from Wells Fargo and Edward Jones.

Several senators conducted their own review of FINRA reports and said they found that Wells Fargo had “ample information” about the severity of the bogus account practices for years.

The advisers made the move in the wake of new regulatory guidance which takes aim at recruiting deals.

The regional firm’s latest recruit spent 16 years at the wirehouse.

The new CEO said the aggressive sales goals – which were ditched earlier this month – served the interests of neither clients nor branch employees.

Regulators are looking to ensure Wells Fargo’s scandal over unauthorized customer accounts isn’t being repeated at other institutions.

Wells Fargo appears to have offered two different reasons for why it failed to inform investors about the investigation into 2 million phony accounts.

One recruit started in the industry more than two decades ago.

The new recruits come from Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Advisors.

Prosecutors served a warrant seeking names of employees who opened unauthorized accounts, as well as the bank’s fee structure and a calculation of losses suffered by affected customers.

Strong growth in deposits and mobile users, as well as questions concerning Wells Fargo, had BofA executives addressing the notion of scaling back branches.