June 13, 2025
MoneyGram has agreed to pay $250,000 to end a Biden-era remittance practice suit that was on its last legs after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pulled out of the enforcement action earlier this year, leaving the New York attorney general as the sole plaintiff.
April 08, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a New York federal judge that it would like to drop out of its Biden-era enforcement lawsuit against MoneyGram International Inc., a move that would leave behind the New York attorney general as the sole plaintiff in the case.
January 24, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York attorney general's updated claims against payments firm MoneyGram aren't futile and can move forward despite a yearslong pause in the enforcement suit, a New York federal judge ruled Friday.
August 02, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York Attorney General's Office fired back on Friday at MoneyGram's assertions that it'd be "futile" for the agencies to tweak their lawsuit against the remittance service provider, saying "there are no pleading deficiencies to cure" in their initial complaint.
July 29, 2024
MoneyGram told a New York federal judge that the state and federal regulators' bid to update their complaint against the remittance service is a "bad faith attempt" to "salvage" a case that should either be transferred to MoneyGram's home district of Texas or tossed entirely.
June 23, 2023
A New York federal judge punted Friday on whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can order MoneyGram vendors to preserve certain documents while the agency's case against the payments company is on pause, saying that while she is "sympathetic" to the request, the two sides should try again to resolve the issue themselves.
June 16, 2023
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the New York State Attorney General are seeking special permission to issue document preservation subpoenas in their stayed litigation against MoneyGram, saying they're worried about losing material in the possession of its vendors and other third parties.
April 07, 2023
A New York federal judge ruled Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement case against payments firm MoneyGram International Inc. will remain paused while the U.S. Supreme Court hears a challenge to the constitutionality of the agency's funding structure.
April 05, 2023
Payments firm MoneyGram asked a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday to maintain a pause in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement action against it, arguing a looming Supreme Court fight that would settle a circuit split on the constitutionality of the agency's funding structure could have considerable impacts on the case.
April 03, 2023
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked a Manhattan federal judge to lift a stay in its enforcement action against payments company MoneyGram, pointing to a recent Second Circuit decision finding that the agency's funding structure doesn't violate the constitution.