Banking Archive » August, 2026

Banking - August, 2026

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• Whistleblower Atty Award Cut To $5.4M After 9th Circ. Remand
• Circle Says N. Korea Hack USDC Was Never In Its Possession
• Colo. Fund Says Lender Hid $10M Loan Subordination Deal
• Citigroup Must Face RICO Suit Over Mexico Fraud Scheme
• AT&T Shouldn't Face Pension Risk Transfer Suit, Judge Says
• 11th Circ. Upholds $800K Award In Venezuelan Takeover Suit
• Investors Can't Escape Danish Tax Fraud Case, 2nd Circ. Says
• Nuvo's $9.75M D&O Deal Ends US-Israel Bankruptcy Clash
• How Economic Analysis Informs Consumer Lending Disputes
• Viks Seek Split Trial To Save Deutsche Bank Suit Injunction
• Judge Says Risky Investments Wipe SVB's $1.7B FDIC Claim
• Korean Bank Whistleblower Suit May Be Bound For Arbitration
• CFTC Can't Withhold Records In Chicago Exchange's Perps Suit
• Concora Credit Flouted FCRA When Hiring, Applicant Says
• Md. Pot Co. Evermore Faces Bid To Confirm $1.98M Award
• OCC Sends Final Stablecoin Rules For White House Sign-Off
• Schwab Vendor Exempt From Ill. Biometric Law, 7th Circ. Says
• Financial Firm's $1.4M Asset Hold Against Adviser Upheld
• Banks Face Lighter CRA Burdens Under Regulators' Proposal
• BofA's $72.5M Deal With Epstein Victims Gets Final Approval
• Consumer Groups Back Ore. In Fight Over Rate Opt-Out Law
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Generali Evaluating $10.1B Offer From Monte Dei Paschi
• Anthropic Judge Rejects Trump's Nat'l Security 'Blank Check'
• OCC, FDIC Raise Bar For Examiners To Criticize Banks
• OpenAI Leads Corporate Push To Bolster Cyber Defense
• US Bank Should Face Ex-AI Chief's EEOC Claim, Judge Says
• Colo. AG Accuses EarnIn Of Making Illegal Payday Loans
• Bank Says Late Notice Fumbled Data Breach Insurance Claim
• 6th Circ. Rules Mich. Doesn't Own Unclaimed Accounts
• First Financial Corp. Buying First Illinois In $111.3M Deal
• JLL Arranges $856M In Loans For $1.3B Boston Tower
• Colo. Hospital Can't Split Discovery In Retirement Funds Suit
• Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• NC Crypto Kiosk Law Opens Door To Stricter Fraud Regs
• Moody's Sees More Room To Grow For Private Credit In CRE
• Tax Pro Avoids Jail For Role In 'Singapore Solution' Fraud
• Fed's Cook Says Trump Has 'No Lawful Basis' To Fire Her
• SEC Sends Crypto Custody Plan To White House
• Cash Advance Funders Sue Summer Camp Owners In Ch. 11
• Academy Mortgage Reaches $2M Data Breach Settlement
• 5th Circ. Won't Reopen Apex's SEC Deal For Better Terms
• 5th Circ. Revives Bank's Bid For Ponzi Proceeds
• Credit Suisse Says 401(k) Participants Misunderstand ERISA
• Apollo Shareholders Say Their Data Was Exposed To Hackers
• Student Loan Suit Draws Line On Testimony In Trust Litigation
• Colo. Developer Says Xcel Delayed Providing Service
• Man Gets 42 Months For Tax Crimes, Fraud, Must Pay $1.2M
• Ex-OCC Counsel Joins Clark Hill's Banking Practice
• 11th Circ. Says 'Polite' Bank Robbery Notes Still Imply Threats
• Truist Says Excess Insurers Owe For $240M Overdraft Deal
• German Bank Seeks OK Of €3.5M Arbitration Award
• BofA Looks To Crush Mortgage Officers' Collective In OT Suit
• Ga. Man In $9M COVID Fraud Scheme Changes Plea To Guilty
• Athena Bitcoin Hit With Texas Class Suit Over ATM Scams
• A Guiding Principle For The SEC On Exempt Capital Markets
• EU's Russian Crypto Sanctions Call For Layered Compliance
• Mayer Brown Adds DLA Piper Finance Ace In Houston
• What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape
• Trump Says Capital One Accounts Case Shouldn't Be Tossed
• Feds Scrap Biden-Era Policy On Credit-Access Programs
• Fla. Man Gets Over 3 Years For Conspiracy In Pandemic Fraud
• Feds Charge 2 In $11M Pandemic Loan Fraud Scheme
• NCUA No Longer Leaderless As Crews Sworn In, Named Chair
• NY Ch. 7 Ruling Continues Cash Advance Recharacterization
• Arnold & Porter Adds Financial Services Partner In DC
• Prepping To Use Crypto Collateral Under Ohio Ownership Law
• Rising Star: Fox Rothschild's Madison Ott
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Banking Industry Pushes For Lighter Load On 'Camels'
• 6th Circ. Revives Freddie Mac Subprime Suit From '08 Crash
• New SBA Rule May Send Applicants Back To Square One
• BSTR Ends $1.5B SPAC Deal Amid Bitcoin Market Woes
• DC Circ. Voids Block On OMB Funding Freeze
• Rocket Mortgage Points Judge Toward Zillow's Win In Wash.
• Fla. Attorney Fined, Referred To Bar For Unapologetic AI Use
• How Solar Fraud Case Affects Lender Oversight Of Dealers
• Parsing Gov't Scrutiny Of Lending To Unauthorized Workers
• Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Glenn Kunkes
• PNC Bank Beats Trip-And-Fall Claim Over Bank Curb
• 4th Circ. Leaves Bulk Of $22M Wells Fargo ADA Verdict Intact
• Taxation With Representation: Fenwick, Hengeler Mueller
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• CFPB Rips 'Baseless' CashCall Bid To Ax $157M Judgment
• OCC Greenlights Brazil Banking Giant's Bid To Form US Bank
• SBA Proposes Broad Changes To Small-Biz Size Standards
• Deutsche Bank Freed From Fed's 2017 Forex-Rigging Order
• Binance Can't Arbitrate Crypto-Laundering Claims After All
• Addressing Merchant Cash Advances In Subchapter V
• SEC Rulemaking Radar: The Rubber Meets The Road
• Mich. Panel Rejects $2.5M Malpractice Suit Over Bank Debt
• CFPB Complaint Portal Overhaul Signals Changing Priorities
• Rising Star: Orrick's Nicholas Poli
• AmEx Waived Arbitration By Refusing Fees, 1st Circ. Says
• Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer
• 2nd Circ. Revives Signature Bank Investor Suit Against Execs
• CFPB Pursues Early Win In Hagens Berman Lender Docs Suit
• 9th Circ. Sides With PennyMac In Fixed LIBOR Fallback
• Baltimore Can't Send Payday Lender Suit Back To State Court
• 7th Circ. Backs Developer's Conviction In Bank Fraud Case
• Outcome Health Execs Owe $270M And Counting For Fraud
• OCC Advancing Stablecoin Rule At 'Great Speed,' Gould Says
• Trinseo Defends Debt Deals As Ch. 11 Plan Trial Wraps
• 6 Risk Areas Future Fla. Stablecoin Issuers Should Plan For
• Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Patrick Lynch
• Jones Day Adds Former McGuireWoods Litigator In Pittsburgh
• DC Circ. Won't Block Loan For Mozambique LNG Project
• Mich. Ruling Gives Consumer Protection Law Its Teeth Back
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Surviving A Long Trial
• SEC Proposes Long-Awaited Crypto Offering Exemptions
• BofA Loses Bid To Exit COVID-Era Calif. Benefits Card MDL
• Tricolor Execs Accused Of Securities Fraud By SEC
• Franchise Group Trust Seeks $700M Over Take-Private Deal
• Ga. Businessman Faked Docs For $24M In Loans, Feds Charge
• Texas Court Wipes Ex-GloriFi CEO's Claims Against Investor
• 10th Circ. Revisits Banks' Challenge To Colo. Opt-Out Law
• Exchanges Ask SEC To Delay Trade-Through Rule Withdrawal
• NCUA Board Left Sitting Empty As Trump Pick Waits In Wings
• Goldman Buying LCN In Up To $410M Deal Steered By 3 Firms
• Capital One Investor Sues Ex-Discover Brass In Chancery
• What B. Riley Dismissal Teaches About Governance Litigation
• BakerHostetler Launches Crypto Asset Disputes Team
• Upping Fed, FDIC's Insider Loan Cap May Ease Bank Burdens
• PNC Bank Accused Of Enabling Ala. Lawyer's Alleged Theft
• Rising Star: Weil's Jessie Chiang
• Calif. Says Academy Mortgage Must Pay Data Breach Penalty
• Ukraine Bank Says Arbitrator Issue In $1.1B Suit Is Overstated
• Treasury Plan Would Map Boundaries Of US Stablecoin Market
• Ex-Goldman Exec Ordered To Pay $860K For Not Filing FBAR
• TD Bank Still Faces Much Of Ex-Employees' Chinese Bias Suit
• Law Firm's Challenge To 2021 Statute Falls Short, Judge Says
• JPMorgan Loses State Trade Secret Claims In Data Suit
• Russia Faces Tough Questions In $1.1B Crimea Award Fight
• Doxo To Pay FTC $2.1M Over Misleading Ads And Fees
• Big Banks Reach $86.4M Deal In Mexican Bond-Rigging Suit
• Hospital Employees Seek Class Cert. In Retirement Funds Suit
• Suspended Pa. Atty Gets More Scrutiny In Investment Scheme
• How 2 SEC Financial Report Initiatives May Clash In Practice
• Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Miles Wiley
• Recent OCC Charter Approvals Signal Fintech Momentum
• Orrick Continues Finance Team Growth With DLA Piper Atty
• Debevoise Hires 2 Former Davis Polk Attorneys For AI Practice
• AIG Ex-Execs Win Ruling That Parent's FP Loan Was Equity
• Tricolor Founder Can't Ax 'Infrequently Charged' Lead Count
• Palestine Bank Must Face Trimmed Martyr Check Terror Suit
• Wells Fargo, Conduent Settle NM Debit Card Fraud Suit
• Trump-Backed Crypto Co. Gets Initial OK For Bank Charter
• Fla. Judge Rejects PE Investors' Bid To Block Asset Sale
• Netherlands Beats $133M Ennia Claim On Investment Flaw
• Taxation With Representation: Miller Thomson, Bennett Jones
• Bank Charter Denial Offers Road Map For Stablecoin Issuers
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• CFPB Will No Longer Post Narratives In Complaint Database
• FBT Gibbons Adds Wells Fargo Senior Litigator In Calif.
• Fed Shouldn't Have State Banking 'Veto,' High Court Told
• SEC Scraps Friday Meeting To Propose Crypto Regulations
• BNY Should Face Stanford Ponzi Suit In NJ, Judge Says
• Bristol-Myers Can't Duck UMB Suit Targeting Drug Approvals
• CIBC Deal Ends Hedge Fund's Pharma Stock Spoofing Suit
• Exec Gets 2 Years For Role In $380M Ponzi Scheme
• Complying With Calif. Crypto License Law's 11th-Hour Rewrite
• Fla. Law Firm Cost Bank's $134M BP Oil Spill Claim, Suit Says
• CFPB Brass Accused Of 'Sham' Probe Of Union Leader
• Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Award Enforcement Is Just Step 1
• Going To Hardcore Shows Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• WSJ Says Binance Sued Because It's Unhappy With Facts
• Lender Groups 'Wrong' On Interest Opt-Out Law, Ore. Says
• In 'Close' Call, 7th Circ. Backs FDIC In-House Enforcement
• Newrez Pays $15.5M Over Force-Placed Insurance Charges
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ex-ITT Students' $12M Loan Fraud Win
• Trinseo Kicks Off Ch. 11 Trial As Creditors Feud Over LMEs
• PayPal Wins Final Dismissal Of Merchant Rules Antitrust Suit
• Kalshi Uses CFTC Order To Build Case For NY Shield
• Aperture Expands Litigation Finance Platform To $1B
• Goldman Sachs To Buy NEOS Investments For Up To $2.25B
• How Axing SEC Trade-Through Rule Could Reshape Markets
• What Regulatory 'Reputation Risk' Purge Means For Banks
• Student Loan Revamp Leaves Bankruptcy Untouched
• Ex-Raymond James Adviser Fined After Taking $947K In Gifts
• CFTC Moves To Shield Kalshi From NY Lawsuit
• Cash Advance Co. Loses Coverage Bid For $1B NYAG Row
• FinCEN Permanently Rolls Back CTA Reporting Requirement
• Atty Can't Represent His Securities Class Claims, Judge Says
• Canadian Banks Selling Moneris To Francisco For $1.4B
• Ex-Wells Fargo VP Says Bias, Retaliation Forced Exit
• Nvidia, 6 Partners Plan $500B In AI Infrastructure Financing
• Viks Ask Conn. Justices To End Deutsche Bank's 2nd Lawsuit
• NYDFS Swedbank Order Offers Lessons On Candor
• Blue States Say OCC Overstepped On Escrow Interest Rules
• Tribunal Rejects Bahrain's Abuse Claims Against Iran Oil Co.
• Trump's Capital One Suit Tests Vast Debanking Powers
• OCC Takes Swipe At BofA In Post-Jan. 6 Data Sharing Suit
• Trump Pick Confirmed To NCUA As Hauptman Joins PCAOB
• Muddy Waters Wants Claim Cut From $14M Whistleblower Suit
• Judge Trims Wells Fargo Ex-VP Whistleblower Suit
• UWM Sues REIT For Over $500M, Claiming Merger Sabotage
• Balch & Bingham Wants Chrisleys' Malpractice Suit Dismissed
• Rethinking Risk And Value In Private Credit Disputes
• OCC Denies EU Fintech's Charter Bid Over 'Significant' Gaps
• 1st Circ. Agrees Feds Can't Block Climate, Infrastructure Funds
• Money Services Co. Fined $250K For Cyber Lapses
• NY Judge Trims Chinese AI Co. IPO Disclosure Suit
• IRS, Treasury Plan To Float Regs For Retirement Matches
• Lessons From 5 Months Of DOJ Corporate Policy Deals
• Trump Renews Bid To Oust Fed's Cook Over Mortgage Claims
• Ranking Dem Demands Goldman Sachs Cut Ties With Ex-CLO
• Judge Says BofA, Merrill Needn't Account For Disputed $7.5B
• US Bancorp Is Latest To Flag Debanking Scrutiny From Feds
• Calif. OppFi Suit Outlines Key Criteria For Bank Partnerships
• 18 State AGs Urge Feds To Block OppFi's BNC Bank Acquisition
• Citibank Can Arbitrate Most Of Veteran Fee Suit, Judge Says
• TitleMax Rebuffed In 4th Circ. Bid To Halt Pa. Usury Case
• Fintech Seeks OCC Trust Charter For Crypto Loan Servicing
• Judge Backs Arbitration In Veterans' Suit Against Bank
• 7th Circ. Backs Outcome Health Execs' $1B Fraud Convictions
• KPMG Must Face Beefed Up Investor Suit Over SVB Failure
• Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base
• Ex-Goldman Exec Convicted Of Ghana Bribery Plot
• 9th Circ. Rule Block Unlikely To Deter FinCEN Cartel Focus
• 5 Financial Statement Fraud Red Flags To Spot Post-Sripetch
• Man Gets 6 Years For Part In Alleged NFL Impersonation Scam
• Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Adds Ex-Treasury Crypto Atty
• Goldman Exec Was Linchpin To Ghana Bribery Ploy, Jury Told
• BofA Must Face Some Claims In Military Interest Cap Suit
• Chinese Fiberglass Co. Pays $5M Over PPP Loan Fraud Claim
• SEC Establishes New Accounting Fraud Unit
• CFPB Sends Open-Banking Rule Redo To White House
• Connex Data Breach Class Action Heads To Mediation
• Murdaugh Loses Jury Tampering Suit Against Ex-Court Clerk
• Loomis Sayles Pulls Plug On $70M Suit Against Citi
• Deposit Contracts Do Heavy Lifting As Fraud Moves Upstream
• Goldman Jury Sees Undercover Video As Bribe Trial Nears End
• 9th Circ. Upholds Jurisdiction In $22M Chinese Debtor Case
• DC Circ. Upholds Injunction Forcing EPA To Fund Clean Energy
• UMB Bank Suit Over Failed Hard Rock Hotel Headed To Trial
• Stripe Seeks OK Of $1.4M Arb. Award In Chargeback Dispute
• Fed Report Underscores Focus On Nonbank, CRE Risks
• Lender Can't Claim $5M In Worker Credits, Judge Rules
• BofA, Other Banks Plan To Settle Mexican Bond-Rigging Case
• Ex-Booz Allen Worker Says Sen. Scott's Tax Leak Claims Late
• FDIC Gives Green Light To 'AI-Native' Augustus National Bank
• Foley Hoag DC Office Leader Joins Foley & Lardner
• Sidley Lands 11-Atty Funds Team From Hogan Lovells In NY
• Deutsche Bank Beats 2nd Circ. Case Over IS Banking Claims
• DOJ, Rocket Mortgage See 'Reasonable' Chance To Settle
• OCC Seeks To Loosen Rules On Sharing Supervisory Data
• 10th Circ. Denies Challenge To SEC's AML Enforcement Power
• Feds Lose Bid To End Redlining Order For Lakeland Bank
• Fintech Dakota Seeks OCC Trust Charter For Stablecoin Biz
• Russia Says Oschadbank Forum-Shopped In $1.1B Fight
• Capital One Cites AML Risks In Closing Trump's Accounts
• Community Bank Order Signals Fintech Partnership Scrutiny
• Where Is The Line On Actionable Comms In Securities Cases?
• Visa To Buy Permira-Backed BioCatch In $2.4B Deal
• NJ Panel Revives Bank's Greenbaum Rowe Malpractice Suit
• Bermuda Firm Owes UK Tax In £41M Dispute, Tribunal Rules
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• UBS Fined $125M For Anti-Money Laundering Failures
• Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Goldman Jury Sees Cash Talk In Energy Deal Email Deluge