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CFPB Drops Disparate Impact in 3-Part ECOA Overhaul
CFPB just scrapped disparate impact under ECOA, but mortgage lenders and state AGs in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts won't play along.
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SEC enforcement, crypto regulation, and fintech compliance.
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Ran First: SVB's $49M Depositors Led 2023 Bank Runs
FDIC's transaction-level data shows the $49M-threshold depositors who drained SVB in six days, and they ran at Signature and First Republic too.
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Hunts Polymarket Insiders With AI: CFTC
CFTC chairman Selig says the agency is chasing hundreds of insider trading tips on prediction markets, with AI surveillance tools now live.
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Cuts Cases: SEC's Woodcock Goes Quality Over Quantity
SEC enforcement chief Woodcock commits to quality over quantity, signaling that borderline inquiries could quietly fall off the agency's docket.
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Judge Orders Musk, SEC to Explain $200M Deal
A federal judge wants answers on how Musk's SEC deal was reached, why it uses a trust, and whether White House meddling tainted the process.
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Killed Citi's $24.5M CFPB Order 3 Years Early
CFPB killed Citi's Armenian discrimination order three years early. Vought told Congress the $24.5M fine was 17x the actual redress.
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Caught: 140 Sham Deals Expose Telkom Indonesia to SEC, DOJ
Telkom Indonesia's 140 sham transactions have drawn both SEC and DOJ scrutiny, spanning revenue recognition, internal controls, and FCPA compliance.
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FinCEN's AML Overhaul Makes AI an Enforcement Factor
FinCEN's 7 April NPRM rewrites 25 years of AML rules. Buried in the fact sheet: AI use will weigh on how the Director sets fines.
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Wood Group Fined £13M After Books Crashed 78%
FCA fined Wood Group £12.99M for accounting 'influenced by its desire to maintain prior results.' Shares had already cratered 78%.
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CFPB Strips ECOA Disparate Impact, July 21
The CFPB's April 2026 ECOA rule kills disparate impact for credit cards and auto loans, but leaves mortgage lenders still exposed under the FHA.
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CFPB Cuts Lender Data Rule: 2,500 to 280
$166 million in annual compliance savings sounds like a win.
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OCC Clears JPMorgan's $250M Trade Surveillance Order After 2 Years
$348.2 million later, the OCC decided JPMorgan Chase has done enough.
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FDIC, OCC Bar Reputation Risk as Debanking Basis Starting June 6
The FDIC and OCC just banned reputation risk as a basis for bank supervision.
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Paid $2.4M to SEC: VC Fund Chief Settles Investor Fraud Claims
Nearly $2.4 million is the price a Florida-based VC fund chief agreed to pay the SEC to settle fraud claims.
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Sue First: FCA Draws a Line on Car Finance Redress
Nikhil Rathi warned claims firms and law firms over the tension between car finance litigation and the FCA's redress scheme.
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FinCEN and OFAC Propose Stablecoin AML and Sanctions Rules
Treasury's FinCEN and OFAC issued a joint proposed rule placing every U.S. stablecoin issuer under AML and sanctions compliance.
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SEC Names Woodcock to Head 1,000-Person Enforcement Division
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins taps Gibson Dunn securities partner David Woodcock to lead the 1,000-person Enforcement Division, effective May 4, 2026.
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SEC's FY2025 Enforcement Take Was $2.7B, Not $17.9B
The SEC's FY2025 enforcement haul drops to $2.7B once you strip the Stanford Ponzi and parallel criminal proceeds from the $17.9B headline.
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SEC Paid $50M+ to One Whistleblower for Early Enforcement Tip
The SEC paid one whistleblower $50M+ for an early tip that triggered an enforcement action, implying at least $167M in underlying sanctions.
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