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Latest News in Banking

  • March 04, 2026

    Housing Groups Slam $68M Colony Ridge Fair Lending Deal

    Public interest groups are urging a Texas federal judge to reject the Trump administration's proposed settlement of a Biden-era predatory lending case against a Houston-area developer, arguing it would improperly bankroll immigration enforcement while stiffing harmed borrowers.

  • March 04, 2026

    Fla. Court Urged To Toss $19M Tax Fine Decided With No Jury

    A U.S.-German citizen asked a Florida federal court to toss a nearly $19.6 million tax penalty assessed by the IRS for failing to report foreign bank account information, telling a judge on Wednesday that he wasn't able to take his case before a jury. 

  • March 04, 2026

    Crypto Co. Kraken Secures Fed Master Account Access

    The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City on Wednesday cleared Wyoming-chartered Kraken Financial for a "limited purpose" master account, becoming the first crypto bank to gain access to the Federal Reserve's payment rails in a move that brought outcry from banking groups.

  • March 04, 2026

    Neb. Bank Reaches $2.4M Deal To Settle MOVEit Breach Suit

    A family-owned Nebraska bank has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve its part in a MOVEit software security incident affecting customers' personal data, according to a consumer's bid for preliminary approval of a proposed class action settlement in Massachusetts federal court.

  • March 04, 2026

    How Leveraged Lending Pivot May Alter Bank Risk Oversight

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent withdrawal of leveraged lending guidance introduces several principles that may allow banks to better apply enterprisewide risk management programs and potentially create additional competition in the private credit loan market, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

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