litigation

Credit union suit of Equifax may be first, likely won't be last

09/21/17

Summit Credit Union in Madison, Wis., has filed what's believed to be the first lawsuit by a financial institution in connection with the massive data breach.

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It's messy: What happens after safe deposit boxes get flooded

09/14/17

Bankers in Florida and Texas are dusting off their disaster-recovery playbooks, which focus on retrieving customers' valuables, ensuring employee safety and minimizing the bank's own legal exposure.

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Wrongful-termination lawsuit casts Banc of California turmoil in different light

09/07/17

Jeffrey Seabold, Banc of California’s former vice chairman, alleges that he and ex-CEO Steven Sugarman were scapegoats for inappropriate behavior by certain directors and that the company manipulated its first-quarter earnings.

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CFPB arbitration rule will still pose costs to consumers

09/05/17

In a deregulatory environment, a rule that better enables consumers to bring class actions could lead to an explosion of litigation, which will affect product availability and pricing.

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Wells Fargo takes center stage in arbitration fight

08/25/17

The San Francisco bank is embroiled in a high-stakes legal battle over the use of arbitration in disputes involving overdraft fees at the same time that adversaries are portraying the scandal-plagued bank as the poster child for why reform is necessary.

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HSBC in talks with U.S. to end crisis-era mortgage probe

07/05/17

If HSBC reaches an agreement with the government, it could give an early indication of how the Trump administration will levy financial penalties.

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CFPB hits credit repair execs for $2M over illegal fees

06/27/17

Executives at four former credit repair companies agree to pay $2 million for charging consumers millions in illegal advance fees.

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Wells is last big bank standing in overdraft litigation

06/26/17

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in August in a decade-old case against the San Francisco bank that could cost it hundreds of millions in penalties and restitution.

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‘Fannie and Freddie never needed a bailout’: Comments of the week

06/16/17

Readers chime in on the GSE conservatorships, bitcoin’s future, regulatory relief for regional banks, a recent Supreme Court ruling on debt collection, and more.

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Supreme Court sides with banks in debt servicing case

06/12/17

Banks and other firms collecting defaulted debt originated by another company are not subject to the kinds of restrictions placed on third-party debt collectors, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a unanimous decision.

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