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Latest News in Banking
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March 23, 2026
High Court Won't Review Mortgage Firm's $8M CFPB Fine
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a now-shuttered mortgage services firm's yearslong fight against a nearly $8 million Consumer Financial Protection Bureau judgment, rebuffing an appeal tied in part to the agency's past leadership structure.
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March 23, 2026
4th Circ. Finds Mortgage Docs Didn't Violate Bankruptcy Stay
The Fourth Circuit has declined to revive a debtor's lawsuit claiming his mortgage servicers violated bankruptcy protections, finding that none of the monthly account statements, payoff statements and tax statements the servicers sent him were related to debt collection.
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March 23, 2026
Flagstar Seeks To Shut Down Ex-CCO's Retaliation Suit
Flagstar asked a New York federal judge to toss a suit from one of its former compliance chiefs that claims he was wrongfully terminated for blowing the whistle on the bank's former CEO over alleged compliance violations, saying the suit attempts to "cobble together" unrelated incidents into a retaliation claim.
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March 23, 2026
Bipartisan Bill Eyes Boosting Cannabis Business Investment
Members of Congress have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would create a safe harbor for state-regulated marijuana businesses to access traditional business services without threat of federal enforcement and potentially be listed on securities exchanges.
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March 23, 2026
Agentic AI Use May Trigger Existing Consumer Finance Laws
As artificial intelligence agents interact more and more with payment systems, financial institutions should be cognizant of how existing consumer protection laws like the Equal Credit Opportunity Act apply when transactions are executed by automated systems rather than individuals, noting authorization and liability gaps, say attorneys at Sheppard.
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- AGENCIES
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- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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