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  • August 14, 2026

    AIG Ex-Execs Win Ruling That Parent's FP Loan Was Equity

    American International Group's funding advances to one of its investment units was an equity infusion and not debt, a Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled Friday, handing a win to former executives who say they're owed deferred compensation funds that were depleted during the 2008 financial crisis.

  • August 14, 2026

    Tricolor Founder Can't Ax 'Infrequently Charged' Lead Count

    The founder and former CEO of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings cannot dodge a criminal enterprise charge in federal prosecutors' case alleging a yearslong scheme to defraud the company's lenders and investors, a New York federal judge ruled on Friday.

  • August 14, 2026

    Palestine Bank Must Face Trimmed Martyr Check Terror Suit

    Palestine Investment Bank must face claims that it processed "martyr payments" made by terrorist groups to the families of suicide bombers, with a New York federal judge finding the bank knowingly facilitated checks that had the word "martyr" in Arabic written in the memo line.

  • August 14, 2026

    Wells Fargo, Conduent Settle NM Debit Card Fraud Suit

    New Mexico residents who claimed Wells Fargo and a third-party contractor mishandled reports of fraud involving their state-issued debit cards dropped their proposed class action, telling a New Mexico federal judge on Friday that they had reached settlements to end the case.

  • August 14, 2026

    Trump-Backed Crypto Co. Gets Initial OK For Bank Charter

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday preliminarily approved a closely watched charter application from World Liberty Financial, moving the Trump family-tied cryptocurrency venture closer to launching a federally regulated trust bank.

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