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  • April 13, 2026

    FDIC Taps New Consumer Division, Innovation Chiefs

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday that it has hired a onetime BigLaw partner to take over its consumer protection division and brought in a former Oregon community bank executive to become the agency's top innovation official.

  • April 13, 2026

    BofA Shielded In Iranian Bias Suit, 9th Circ. Says

    The Ninth Circuit refused Monday to revive a proposed class action accusing Bank of America of discriminating against Iranian citizens, affirming a California federal court's ruling that the lawsuit fails to show the bank acted with ill will when erroneously closing the plaintiff's account.

  • April 13, 2026

    White House Study Minimizes Stablecoin Risk, ABA Says

    The American Bankers Association pushed back Monday on a recent White House study that found banning stablecoin yield programs wouldn't have much benefit for bank lending, saying the study downplayed the risks from such programs by asking the "wrong question" about them.

  • April 13, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Looks Askance At Sanctions In E-Banking IP Case

    A Federal Circuit panel on Monday appeared bothered by a lower court's nearly $85,000 sanctions order against a company and its counsel in its infringement lawsuit over an online banking patent, with one judge saying the record does not seem to support such action.

  • April 13, 2026

    Texas Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal In $250M Fraud Case

    A split Texas appeals court panel found that a company cannot bring claims against Morgan Stanley after an executive at the bank ran an alleged kickback scheme involving $250 million in mineral interests, saying the executive was working by himself when the alleged fraud occurred.

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