- May 07, 2024
FDIC Review Flags 'Patriarchal' Workplace, Chief's 'Temper'
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s workplace culture has suffered "far too long" from sexual harassment, discrimination and other abuses that higher-ups failed to adequately address, according to a report released Tuesday that is drawing renewed calls for FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg's exit.
- May 06, 2024
Coinbase Operates As Unregistered Broker, Investors Say
Coinbase and its CEO have been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging the crypto exchange "has been a part of a shadowy crypto ecosystem operating just outside of the law since formed over 10 years ago."
- May 06, 2024
Crypto Platform's Ex-Brass Charged With $783M Fraud
Three former executives behind bankrupt cryptocurrency investment platform Cred Inc. face wire fraud and money laundering charges after they allegedly lied to customers about the firm's lending and investing practices ahead of a collapse prosecutors say wiped out $783 million in customer crypto.
- May 06, 2024
SEC's Grewal Says Self-Reporting Best Bet For No Penalties
Self-reporting is the most important factor that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement staff weigh in determining cooperation credit and whether a firm should face a penalty, SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal said in an interview with Law360.
- May 06, 2024
SEC Small Biz Panel Urges Relaxed Rules For Crowdfunding
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission advisory committee recommended Monday that regulators raise the threshold at which equity crowdfunding issuers must obtain an independent review of financial statements, hoping to encourage the use of crowdfunding for cash-strapped entrepreneurs.
- May 06, 2024
FDIC, OCC Gear Up For Another Shot At Banker Bonus Rules
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Monday revived an Obama-era proposal to set restrictions on incentive-based pay for executives at big banks, a lingering item of unfinished Dodd-Frank Act business, and for now, the Federal Reserve is sitting out.
- May 06, 2024
SEC Targets Robinhood's Crypto Unit For Possible Lawsuit
Robinhood Markets Inc. notified investors Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to sue its crypto arm for allegedly failing to register as a securities brokerage firm and clearing agency, saying the agency could go as far as demanding that the platform be shut down.
- May 03, 2024
Binance Founder's Sentence Shaped By Plea And Apology
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's willingness to cooperate with law enforcement and accept responsibility in court for the crypto exchange's anti-money laundering violations helped the former CEO land a deal with prosecutors that got him a relatively short prison sentence to close out a yearslong investigation.
- May 03, 2024
NY's Citi Suit Imperils Wire Transfer Market, Bank Groups Say
Major banking trade groups are backing Citibank NA in its fight against the New York attorney general's lawsuit over the bank's payment fraud protocols, warning that the state's claims seek to change how wire transfers are regulated in a way that could "upend" the marketplace for such services.
- May 03, 2024
5th Circ. Stands By Keeping CFPB Late Fee Case In Texas
A Fifth Circuit panel will not reconsider its decision rejecting the cross-country transfer of a bank industry-backed challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's $8 credit card late fee standard, denying the agency's bid to move the case back to Washington, D.C., from Texas.
- May 03, 2024
Charities Can't Get 'Second Bite Of The Apple' Against PayPal
An Illinois federal judge on Friday trimmed a second lawsuit by charities challenging the way PayPal solicits and distributes charitable contributions, saying they can't get a "second bite of the apple" after their nearly identical claims were dismissed because they'd agreed to individually arbitrate disputes.
- May 03, 2024
Biden's AI Guidance For Gov't May Need More Risk Controls
The Biden administration's latest guidance for federal agencies' purchases of generative artificial intelligence technologies doesn't fully account for risks such as systems failing to work as intended, and could therefore fail to deter agencies from ill-advised investments, according to experts.
- May 03, 2024
BTC-e Mastermind Cops To Money Laundering Conspiracy
A Russian national pled guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit money laundering related to his central role in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.
- May 03, 2024
Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Rightly Axed Some Ioengine IP Claims
The Federal Circuit has backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that invalidated numerous Ioengine LLC patent claims on card reader technology challenged by Ingenico Inc.
- May 03, 2024
Sentencing Delayed For Ex-Fintech Exec In Crypto Case
Sentencing for the CEO of fintech company Hydrogen Technology Corp. was delayed Friday after a dispute over how to calculate the amount of money lost in the conspiracy to manipulate the market for Hydrogen's digital assets.
- May 03, 2024
Fintech Co. Says PNC Acknowledged Use Of Logo For Years
Fintech company Plaid Inc. tried to fend off PNC Bank's allegations it tricked customers into handing over confidential account information, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday that the bank knew its trademarks were being used on Plaid's system.
- May 03, 2024
SoFi Unit To Pay FINRA $1.1M To Settle Customer ID Claims
SoFi Securities has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that it lacked a suitable user verification process for the firm's cash management brokerage business, allowing the opening of 800 accounts used by third parties to illegally transfer $8.6 million from other financial institution accounts.
- May 03, 2024
Kwok's Ex-Chief Of Staff Pleads Out Before $1B Fraud Trial
The former chief of staff to exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok pled guilty in Manhattan federal court on Friday to participating in a $1 billion investor fraud, less than three weeks before she was scheduled to go to trial alongside her erstwhile boss.
- May 02, 2024
Wells Fargo Discloses Zelle Dispute-Handling Scrutiny
Wells Fargo & Co. on Thursday became the latest financial institution to disclose government scrutiny of how customers' dispute claims for potentially mistaken or fraudulent instant payments are being handled.
- May 02, 2024
No Atty Fees For Objectors To $5.6B Swipe Fees Settlement
Class members who initially objected to a $5.6 billion settlement with Visa and Mastercard cannot collect nearly $1 million in attorney fees, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday, saying they haven't shown their objections to the original 2013 settlement substantially benefited the class.
- May 02, 2024
Tech, Finance Experts Urge CFTC To Consider AI Regs
Tech advisers urged the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday to consider policies to manage the risks associated with artificial intelligence, along with a list of other recommendations detailing potential approaches to the growing use of AI in financial markets.
- May 02, 2024
Attys Due For Spam Suit Sanction, But Not $750K, Judges Say
Class counsel's misconduct in helping instigate a spam text suit against stock-trading app Robinhood Financial LLC warranted sanctions, a Washington state appeals court panel ruled Thursday, but the judges said the $750,000 penalty went over the top in deterring the bad behavior.
- May 02, 2024
A new collection of major retailers is joining Target Corp. and Grubhub in objecting to a proposed settlement deal cut by Visa and Mastercard, saying the deal would actually codify an illegal price-fixing agreement.
- May 02, 2024
Ex-FTX Boss Ryan Salame To Give Up $5.9M Bahamas House
Ryan Salame, the former co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets, an affiliate of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd., has agreed to transfer a $5.9 million house he owns in the Bahamas to FTX in lieu of paying the firm restitution over fraudulent political donations, according to a Wednesday motion.
- May 02, 2024
Deals Rumor Mill: Coca-Cola, General Mills, MLB's Giants
Coca-Cola is preparing an IPO for its African bottling division, cereals giant General Mills is exploring selling its North America yogurt business, and a 5% stake in the San Francisco Giants is up for sale at a price that could value the club at $4 billion. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.
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Table of Contents
FDIC Review Flags 'Patriarchal' Workplace, Chief's 'Temper'
Coinbase Operates As Unregistered Broker, Investors Say
Crypto Platform's Ex-Brass Charged With $783M Fraud
SEC's Grewal Says Self-Reporting Best Bet For No Penalties
SEC Small Biz Panel Urges Relaxed Rules For Crowdfunding
FDIC, OCC Gear Up For Another Shot At Banker Bonus Rules
SEC Targets Robinhood's Crypto Unit For Possible Lawsuit
Binance Founder's Sentence Shaped By Plea And Apology
NY's Citi Suit Imperils Wire Transfer Market, Bank Groups Say
5th Circ. Stands By Keeping CFPB Late Fee Case In Texas
Charities Can't Get 'Second Bite Of The Apple' Against PayPal
Biden's AI Guidance For Gov't May Need More Risk Controls
BTC-e Mastermind Cops To Money Laundering Conspiracy
Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Rightly Axed Some Ioengine IP Claims
Sentencing Delayed For Ex-Fintech Exec In Crypto Case
Fintech Co. Says PNC Acknowledged Use Of Logo For Years
SoFi Unit To Pay FINRA $1.1M To Settle Customer ID Claims
Kwok's Ex-Chief Of Staff Pleads Out Before $1B Fraud Trial
Wells Fargo Discloses Zelle Dispute-Handling Scrutiny
No Atty Fees For Objectors To $5.6B Swipe Fees Settlement
Tech, Finance Experts Urge CFTC To Consider AI Regs
Attys Due For Spam Suit Sanction, But Not $750K, Judges Say
Ex-FTX Boss Ryan Salame To Give Up $5.9M Bahamas House
Deals Rumor Mill: Coca-Cola, General Mills, MLB's Giants
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