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  • May 12, 2026

    Webster Investor Challenges 'Flawed' $12B Santander Merger

    A Webster Financial Corp. shareholder is challenging what he calls the bank's "deeply flawed, self-interested sale" to Banco Santander SA for $12 billion, telling a Connecticut state court that the proposed deal undervalues Webster while enriching its CEO with a tripled salary and $10 million "signing bonus."

  • May 12, 2026

    Senate Crypto Bill Moves Toward Markup Sans Ethics Rules

    Senate banking committee Republicans released the latest version of a bill to regulate crypto markets that will serve as the base text for a Thursday markup, which could be complicated by Democrats' calls for ethics provisions and banks' opposition to language around stablecoin rewards.

  • May 12, 2026

    Tribal Lender Says Immunity Bars Putative RICO Class Action

    A tribal lending company alongside its officers and members of the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria have asked a North Carolina federal judge to toss a proposed class action against it, arguing the predatory loan suit can't survive.

  • May 12, 2026

    Bitcoin Depot Allowed Crypto Scam Via ATMs, Couple Says

    Bitcoin Depot systematically facilitated fraud involving cryptocurrency through its bitcoin ATM network, which targeted consumers who have lost thousands of dollars through the machines, according to a proposed class action in Idaho federal court brought by a couple who alleged they fell victim to such a scam.

  • May 12, 2026

    7th Circ. Urged To Revive Hartford $4M Wire Fraud Fight

    An Illinois agency that administers financially distressed insurers' estates Tuesday urged the Seventh Circuit to revive its lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for a cyberattack during which its financial chief provided confidential login information to hackers, who used his email account to instruct employees to wire them nearly $7 million.

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