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  • March 18, 2026

    Capital One Beats Consumer Suit Over Discover Deal, Again

    Capital One has persuaded a California federal judge once again to squash a suit brought by credit card users who say that the company's $35 billion purchase of Discover is bad news for them and ought to be unwound, but the court is giving the consumers one last chance.

  • March 18, 2026

    Lawmakers Commit To April Crypto Bill Markup, Or Else

    Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told attendees of a Wasington, D.C., crypto conference Wednesday that she's confident the Senate Banking Committee will mark up a bill to regulate crypto markets after the Easter break now that compromises on key issues including stablecoin yield are in the final stages.

  • March 18, 2026

    LA Driver Used $2M COVID Loan For Crypto, DOJ Says

    A Los Angeles man who allegedly took $2 million from federal COVID-19-related relief programs and used the money to fund cryptocurrency trading now faces money laundering, wire fraud and bank fraud charges, according to a Department of Justice announcement issued Wednesday.

  • March 18, 2026

    BofA Faces Suit Over Alleged $328M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

    Bank of America NA is the latest financial institution to face claims it aided and abetted a $328 million Ponzi scheme allegedly operated by the now-criminally charged CEO of cryptocurrency investment firm Goliath Ventures.

  • March 18, 2026

    4th Circ. Says Bankruptcy Stay Trumps Arbitration Agreement

    A split Fourth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that requiring a consumer debtor to arbitrate credit card collection actions would interfere with the clear purpose of the federal bankruptcy code, upholding a pair of lower court rulings that found alleged automatic stay violations by Goldman Sachs Bank should be dealt with through bankruptcy adversary proceedings.

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