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Important Sanctions Compliance Lessons from OFAC’s $11.8m Settlement with Interactive Brokers

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On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a settlement agreement with Interactive Brokers LLC (“Interactive Brokers”) violations of multiple U.S. sanctions...more

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More Early Terminations of Redlining Consent Orders

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As previously reported, based on an unopposed motion submitted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the October 2021 redlining consent order with Trustmark National Bank was...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Looking Back at 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation

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State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children’s internet safety, and...more

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CFPB and Townstone Financial Move to Vacate Redlining Settlement Alleging Misconduct Under Former CFPB Director

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In a surprising turn of events, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and Townstone Financial, Inc. (Townstone) have jointly moved to vacate the Stipulated Final Judgment and Order previously entered in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sanctions Enforcement in the Cryptocurrency Industry Continues to be a Focus

On December 13, 2023, CoinList Markets LLC (“CoinList”) agreed to pay $1,207,830 pursuant to a settlement agreement with the Office of Foreign Assets Controls (“OFAC”) in connection with allegations that the San Francisco...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Settles with Fintech for $18M over Deceptive Cash Transfers and Difficult-to-Cancel Memberships

On November 2, the FTC entered into a settlement agreement with a Manhattan-based fintech company for $18 million over alleged deceptively marketed cash advances to consumers and impeding customers’ ability to cancel...more

The Volkov Law Group

Bank of America Hit with $250 Million in Penalties for Account Abuse Practices

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Bank of America joined the club of consumer abusers – Wells Fargo had been the well-established leader of this club and the poster-child for abusive consumer practices.  For years, Bank of America avoided federal...more

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Colorado Attorney General Reaches Settlement with Affiliated Lender and Debt Management Company

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​On December 14, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General (AG) announced ​that it entered into a consent order​ with a California-based debt management company and its sister lending company, resolving the AG’s examination...more

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Allianz Global Hit With $6 Billion Fine And Portfolio Manager Indicted in Connection with Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme

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In a blockbuster settlement, DOJ unleashed its full power against Allianz Global and key portfolio managers responsible for a massive, long running fraud scheme involving a series of private investment funds managed by...more

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Fannie Mae Agrees to Settle REO Discrimination Case

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Fannie Mae has reached a historic $53 million settlement with the National Fair Housing Alliance (“NFHA”) and local fair housing organizations throughout the U.S. to resolve racial discrimination claims concerning Fannie...more

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Update Regarding the BrightSpeed Payment Processor Case

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On January 18, after approximately fourteen months of settlement negotiations, the CFPB announced that it secured a settlement agreement with BrightSpeed Solutions, Inc., a third-party payment processor that had ceased...more

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Recent Settlements and Penalties Show Perils of Data Breaches

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Two major U.S. financial institutions, Morgan Stanley and Capital One, recently agreed to resolve separate class action lawsuits by paying, in the aggregate, hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for massive data...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

A Goldfish is the Happiest Animal, A Securities Respondent is Not: Ted Lasso, SEC, FINRA, and DOL Enforcement Actions (October...

You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? It's a goldfish. Y'know why? It's got a 10-second memory. Be a goldfish. During the pandemic, we have had a lot of lows, as well as a few highs. And that’s just in pop...more

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An Opportune Time For Financial Institutions to Review Their Fair Lending Procedures

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At the beginning of his term, President Biden declared that his administration would make it a policy to eliminate “racial bias and other forms of discrimination in all states of home-buying and renting.”...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Settlement in Plaid Fintech Data Case

On August 5, 2021, a proposed class action settlement was reached in the closely-watched privacy action against fintech services company Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”).  The settlement features a $58 million settlement fund and certain...more

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MoneyGram Payment Systems Agrees to Pay OFAC $34k for Sanctions Violations

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MoneyGram settled with OFAC for $34,329 for 359 sanctions programs violations.  MoneyGram is a global payments service. According to OFAC, the 359 transactions totaled $105,627 in value and were processed on behalf of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NYDFS Settles with National Securities Corp. for $3M for Violations of DFS Cybersecurity Regulations

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has settled alleged violations of the Department’s strict cybersecurity regulations with National Securities Corp. (NSC) for $3 million, over four separate cybersecurity...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Will You Need a License to Hold MSRs in Maryland?

The question of whether a state mortgage finance licensing obligation arises to acquire and hold mortgage loans or mortgage loan servicing rights has often generated confusion and raised questions among mortgage finance...more

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Biden Administration Issues Regulatory Freeze On New Agency Rules

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In this Issue. In one of its first acts after being installed on January 20, the Biden Administration issued a regulatory freeze on new agency rules that have been adopted but are not yet effective; in one of its final acts...more

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FinCEN Settles with Capital One for $390 Million for AML Violations

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In a harbinger of future enforcement actions surrounding AML compliance program violations, the Treasury Department’s The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced a $390 million settlement with Capital One for...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Capital One Settles with Bank Regulator for $80M for Data Breach

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced this week that it has entered into a Consent Order and fined Capital One $80 million for the data breach the company experienced last year....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Think Finance Settlement: Final Resolution Leaves More Questions than It Answers as to Future of CFPB Enforcement

The CFPB announced that it settled with Think Finance, LLC and six subsidiaries on February 5. The settlement follows protracted litigation beginning in November 2017 involving the CFPB’s allegations that Think Finance...more

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CFPB announces proposed consent order with companies alleged to have collected loans void under state law

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The CFPB announced that it has entered into a proposed consent order with Think Finance and six subsidiaries (collectively, the “Think Entities’) to settle the Bureau’s lawsuit filed in November 2017 that alleged the Think...more

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CFPB files amicus brief in Maryland Court of Appeals seeking rejection of class action settlement

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The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in the Maryland Court of Appeals urging the court to affirm the decision of the Court of Special Appeals reversing the trial court’s approval of a settlement agreement in a class action...more

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OFCCP Ends Fiscal Year with Large Settlements Focused on Tech and Financial Services Firms

In recent weeks, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has entered into four major settlements that are notable both for their size, and for highlighting current trends. Each case involved allegations...more

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