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  • June 30, 2026

    Ex-SVB Exec Defends Bank's Risk Appetite In FDIC Trial

    Silicon Valley Bank's ex-chief financial officer defended SVB's risk appetite during a California federal bench trial Tuesday over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s claims the bank's brass mismanaged its assets, testifying SVB consistently received satisfactory regulatory ratings, took action to mitigate risks and received expert advice before SVB collapsed.

  • June 30, 2026

    JPMorgan Fights $4M Arbitration Loss Over Super Bowl Firing

    A JPMorgan Chase & Co. subsidiary asked a California federal judge Monday to vacate a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel's decision awarding a wealth manager $4.25 million after he was fired for expensing a $640 platter of food for a Super Bowl party, saying the award "manifestly disregarded the law."

  • June 30, 2026

    EagleBank To Pay $9.7M In Latest DOJ Nonprosecution Deal

    EagleBank and its parent company will pay more than $9.7 million under a nonprosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, admitting to willfully failing to implement an anti-money laundering program and allowing its former CEO's friend to carry out a fraudulent check scheme, the department announced Tuesday.

  • June 30, 2026

    Chamber Backs Circle's Bid To Dismiss $280M Drift Hack Suit

    The Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to throw out claims Circle Internet Group enabled fraudsters to drain $280 million in digital assets from crypto project Drift Protocol in an April Fools' Day exploit, arguing Circle cannot be held liable because third parties misused its platform.

  • June 30, 2026

    Securities Cos. Hit With Spoofing Suit In Florida

    An investor is accusing Citadel Securities LLC and Virtu Americas LLC of securities violations in Florida federal court, saying in a proposed class action that the broker-dealer firms used the illegal trading strategy known as spoofing to artificially depress a technology company's market value, enriching themselves in the process.

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