Banking

  • April 10, 2026

    Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Simpson Thacher Steer Hot Deals

    A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals. Law360 recaps the ones you may have missed, including transactions helmed by Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

  • April 10, 2026

    Huntington National Bank Says Freight Firms Owe $12M

    The Huntington National Bank on Friday sued Florida-based logistics brokerage company AGX Freight Carriers LLC and its related entities in Pennsylvania federal court, alleging they failed to pay back $12 million worth of loans and saying the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the default.

  • April 10, 2026

    FDIC Scraps Biden-Era Bank Guidance On Multiple NSF Fees

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday rescinded Biden-era supervisory guidance that cautioned banks against stacking multiple penalty fees on a declined transaction, a policy that was previously the subject of an unsuccessful banking industry legal challenge.

  • April 10, 2026

    IRS Floats Excise Tax Regs On Overseas Money Transfers

    Individuals who send funds to people abroad via a remittance transfer provider using cash, money orders, cashier's checks, traveler's checks and similar financial instruments would trigger a new 1% excise tax on the total amount remitted under proposed regulations the IRS unveiled Friday.

  • April 09, 2026

    CFPB Pans Debt Collector's Bid To Exit 'Onerous' 2023 Order

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is urging a Virginia federal court to deny a major debt collector's bid to exit a Biden-era settlement with the agency, arguing the firm's claims of struggles due to "finfluencers" and credit repair outfits don't justify unwinding the deal.

  • April 09, 2026

    Arizona Check Casher Says FinCEN Rule Is 'Crushing' Business

    A Phoenix-area money services business has sued the Treasury Department over an order targeting such businesses along the Southern border for heightened anti-money laundering reporting requirements, saying the measure imposes "business-crushing burdens" that may force it to close.

  • April 09, 2026

    Fed Ends Crédit Agricole, Goldman Enforcement Orders

    The Federal Reserve said Thursday that it has closed out another batch of longstanding enforcement actions against big banks, freeing Crédit Agricole, Goldman Sachs and Taiwan's Mega Bank from orders that date to at least 2018.

  • April 09, 2026

    PNC Tells Justices $223M Patent Win Was Rightly Axed

    PNC Bank told the U.S. Supreme Court to leave untouched a Federal Circuit ruling that nixed a set of $223 million patent infringement verdicts in suits brought by the United Services Automobile Association, saying USAA's patents were "plainly directed to an abstract idea" not eligible for patent protection.

  • April 09, 2026

    5th Circ. Revives Reinsurance Broker Row Over Credit Mishap

    The Fifth Circuit revived a suit by an insurer's owner alleging that its broker failed to administer its reinsurance program properly, leading to over $100 million in losses when it discovered the program lacked a valid line of credit.

  • April 08, 2026

    Debt Collectors Sue Calif. Over 'Excessive' Licensing Fees

    California's financial services regulator has been hit with a proposed class action that seeks to recoup potentially millions of dollars for debt collectors in the state over claims the agency is unlawfully charging inflated fees to license and oversee them.

  • April 08, 2026

    DC Circ. Allows DOD To Ax Anthropic Contracts Amid Review

    The D.C. Circuit Wednesday shot down Anthropic's request for an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. Department of Defense from designating the artificial intelligence company as a national security risk while Anthropic's appeal plays out, although it agreed to expedite the appeal.

  • April 08, 2026

    Judge Affirms Default Judgment Against Defunct 'Neobank'

    Portland, Oregon-based cannabis company Killa Bees Distribution LLC has secured a default judgment against a now defunct cannabis industry-focused "neobank," which failed to return more than $126,000, according to a federal judge's order, but the case may be far from over.

  • April 08, 2026

    NJ Bank Can't Get Conversion Plan Revived On Appeal

    A New Jersey appellate court panel on Wednesday affirmed a ruling that the board of a savings-and-loan bank improperly adopted a plan to convert into a mutual savings bank to block an activist investor from gaining board seats.

  • April 08, 2026

    Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked New York's highest court to throw out New York Attorney General Letitia James' "deeply flawed" civil fraud judgment entirely after a lower appellate court tossed what it called an "excessive" $489 million penalty against the president, his sons and his real estate companies.

  • April 08, 2026

    FinCEN, OFAC Propose AML Rules For Stablecoin Issuers

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a joint proposed rule Wednesday to implement the anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program requirements of the federal stablecoin framework known as the Genius Act.

  • April 08, 2026

    Trump Economists Say Stablecoin Yield Ban Won't Help Banks

    Economists to President Donald Trump said Wednesday that banning cryptocurrency exchanges from paying stablecoin rewards or yield would "do very little to protect bank lending" and leave consumers worse off, findings that come amid a contentious push to tighten yield restrictions.

  • April 08, 2026

    Veterans Say Citibank Arb. Ruling Is 'Anti-Military Readiness'

    A group of service members urged a North Carolina federal court to keep in its sights claims that Citibank NA proffered misleading information about credit card account interest and fees, arguing a recent arbitration order erodes safeguards baked into the Military Lending Act.

  • April 08, 2026

    TD Bank Beats Whistleblower's Appeal For Shielded Info

    A New Jersey state appeals court on Wednesday backed a lower court's holding that TD Bank does not have to produce information it's seeking to shield from a whistleblower, finding that the disclosure of the information would have violated federal law.

  • April 08, 2026

    SEC Taps Gibson Dunn Partner For Enforcement Director

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that it has appointed a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner and former senior enforcement attorney to serve as director of the agency's Division of Enforcement, following the abrupt resignation of the most recent director.

  • April 07, 2026

    Feds Launch Bid To Revamp AML Framework For Banks

    Federal regulators on Tuesday unveiled plans to overhaul rules that require banks and other institutions to maintain programs for detecting and preventing illicit financial activity, advancing a Trump administration push to streamline anti-money laundering compliance.

  • April 07, 2026

    $8.7M FCA Whistleblower Attys Award Too High, 9th Circ. Says

    The Ninth Circuit held Monday that a district court's award of $8.7 million in fees and expenses to attorneys representing a whistleblower who claimed Academy Mortgage submitted false insurance claims was too high, saying the case is not "exceptional," and the court didn't justify its lodestar multiplier of 1.75.

  • April 07, 2026

    FINRA Fines JPMorgan Unit $3.25M Over Red Flag Lapses

    A JPMorgan Chase & Co. subsidiary has agreed to pay a $3.25 million fine to end Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that it failed to take action on red flags raised over a registered representative's inappropriate and risky investment strategy recommendations that preceded significant customer losses.

  • April 07, 2026

    TD Bank Says It's Not To Blame For $1.1M Sent To Scammer

    TD Bank has asked a Connecticut state court judge to strike a contracting company's claims that the bank should face liability after the company sent $1.1 million to a scammer, pointing out in its filings that the company's own representative handed over TD Bank login credentials to the fraudster.

  • April 07, 2026

    FDIC Stablecoin Plan Limits Yield, Pass-Through Insurance

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Tuesday floated stablecoin rules that would limit the extent of deposit insurance for holders of such tokens and ban certain interest-bearing arrangements with restrictions similar to a recent proposal from its sister banking regulator.

  • April 07, 2026

    Private-Credit Focused SPAC Leads Two IPOs Raising $350M

    A pair of special purpose acquisition companies, private credit-focused ACP Holdings Acquisition and advanced technology-focused Apogee Acquisition, began trading publicly Tuesday after raising a combined $350 million in their initial public offerings.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond

    Author Photo

    2026 will likely be shaped by issues ranging from artificial intelligence regulatory turbulence to potential evidence rule changes, and e-discovery professionals will need to understand how to effectively guide the responsible and defensible adoption of emerging tools, while also ensuring effective safeguards, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Reinventing Bank Risk Mgmt. After 2025's Cartel Crackdown

    Author Photo

    The Trump administration's 2025 designation of certain transnational drug cartels as terrorists means that banks must adapt to a narrowing margin of error in their customer screening and transaction assessments by treating financial crime prevention as a continuous and cross-enterprise concern with national security implications, says Jack Harrington at Bradley Arant.

  • Roundup

    Massachusetts Banking Brief

    Author Photo

    In this Expert Analysis series, attorneys provide quarterly recaps discussing the biggest developments in Massachusetts banking regulation and policymaking.

  • Reviewing Historical And Recent NYDFS Blockchain Guidance

    Excerpt from Practical Guidance
    Author Photo

    An industry letter released in the fall by the New York State Department of Financial Services, together with guidance issued over the past decade, signals a heightened regulatory expectation for covered institutions regarding the use of blockchain analytics and requires review, says Nicole De Santis at Nomadis Consulting.

  • Series

    Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice

    Author Photo

    Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.

  • Shopify Suit Is An Early Antitrust Test Of 'Buy Now, Pay Later'

    Author Photo

    An ongoing antitrust suit in Minnesota federal court filed by Sezzle against Shopify — one of the earliest such lawsuits focused on buy now, pay later services — could play a particularly informative role in how short-term credit offerings and the broader market develop, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • 2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers

    Author Photo

    State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Opinion

    The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit

    Author Photo

    Champions for improved judicial administration should reject the unfounded criticisms driving recent Senate proposals to divide the Ninth Circuit and instead seek to replicate the court's unique strengths and successes, says Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.

  • Banking M&A Outlook Reflects Favorable Regulatory Climate

    Author Photo

    The banking mergers and acquisitions environment is starting 2026 with a rare alignment of favorable market conditions and a more permissive regulatory atmosphere, creating a clear window for banks to pursue transformative combinations and shape the competitive landscape, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Targeted Action, Rule Tweaks Reflect 2025 AML Priority Shifts

    Author Photo

    Though 2025’s anti-money-laundering landscape was characterized not by volume of penalties but by the strategic recalibration of how illicit finance risk is handled, a series of targeted enforcement actions signaled that regulators aren't easing off the accelerator, even as they refine the rules of the road, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Series

    Mass. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

    Author Photo

    Among the most significant developments on the banking regulation front in Massachusetts last quarter, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced her bid for reelection, and the state Division of Banks continued its fintech focus by finalizing rules implementing a new money transmitter law, say attorneys at Nutter.

  • Series

    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

    Author Photo

    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

    Author Photo

    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • State AG Enforcement During CFPB Gap Predicts 2026 Trends

    Author Photo

    State attorneys general responded to the decrease in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement in 2025 by stepping in to regulate consumer finance more than ever before, and the trends in rebooting CFPB investigations, cracking down on ESG and DEI initiatives, and fighting financial exploitation of homeowners will likely extend into 2026, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Series

    A Day In The In-House Life: Chime GC Talks Pathfinding

    Author Photo

    On a recent Tuesday in the office, Chime's general counsel Adam Frankel shares his typical work day, tackling everything from strategically guiding product launches and testing AI tools to mastering the perfect latte and making time for extracurricular interests.

Want to publish in Law360?


Submit an idea

Have a news tip?


Contact us here
Can't find the article you're looking for? Click here to search the Banking archive.