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  • July 02, 2026

    SVB's CEO Was Paid Millions As Risk Rating Slid, Judge Told​​​​

    Silicon Valley Bank's ex-CEO testified Thursday during a California federal bench trial over the FDIC's claims that the bank's brass mismanaged its assets, acknowledging during a tense examination that he received multimillion-dollar payouts and sold nearly $30 million in stock while regulators downgraded SVB's risk management rating ahead of its collapse.

  • July 02, 2026

    Fed Nears CRA Rule Repeal As FDIC, OCC Exit 5th Circ. Fight

    Federal regulators plan to take different legal approaches to completing their previously joint effort to unwind Biden-era updates to decades-old community reinvestment rules for banks, according to two filings at the Fifth Circuit.

  • July 02, 2026

    Pa. Justices To Hear Jarkesy-Like Appeal Of Securities Fine

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the state's in-house securities enforcement proceedings, joining at least two other state supreme courts that have agreed to hear similar challenges since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Jarkesy decision that limited in-house enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

  • July 02, 2026

    BNP Paribas Exits Fed's 2017 Forex Trading Consent Order

    The Federal Reserve has freed BNP Paribas from a 2017 consent order tied to its foreign exchange trading operations, ending an enforcement action that came with a more than $246 million fine and was one of several to target big banks over past price-fixing concerns.

  • July 02, 2026

    Calif. Vape Firm Says Wyoming Hemp Co. Owes $1M

    Two multistate hemp entrepreneurs must be forced to foot the bill for $1 million worth of vape products their company bought, claims a lawsuit filed by a California-based manufacturer that suggests they allowed their company to become administratively dissolved to avoid paying their debts.

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