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Feds' Shift On Reputational Risk Raises Questions For Banks

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In a significant shift, each of the country's three federal bank regulatory agencies have announced they will no longer consider reputational risk as a stand-alone supervisory category. Originally published in Law360 -...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Everything Compliance: Episode 155, To Tesla and Beyond Edition

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, we have the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, Jonathan Armstrong, and special guest panelist Hemma Lomax, all hosted by Tom Fox, the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 155

Welcome to this Edition of Everything Compliance, Shout-Outs, and Rants. In this episode, we have the quintet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, and Special Guest Panelist Hemma Lomax, all hosted by Tom Fox. ...more

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AI Reporter - May 2025

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The use of AI in banking was a topic in April, as Bank of America revealed it will spend $4 billion on AI initiatives in the coming year. The bank cited AI’s usefulness in reducing IT support calls and the over 90% usage...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: April 29, 2025, The GenZ/RTO Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Rise of Unions in Banking and Finance

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Historically, the banking and finance industry has operated without much union interference. However, under the current guidance of Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”), the tides...more

The Volkov Law Group

Wells Fargo Pays OFAC $30 Million to Settle Sanctions Violations (Part I of II)

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In our lifetime (however long or short), there is no way any company will ever match Wells Fargo for its record of misconduct, criminal and civil enforcement, and regulatory fines and penalties.  No one, no way....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

When Lending a Hand Results in Liability

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In a typical lender-borrower relationship, the lender owes the borrower no fiduciary duty. However, this general rule is set aside when the lender knowingly undertakes to act on behalf of and for the benefit of another. Such...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Big Labor Continues to Target the Financial Industry

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As labor unions continue to target banks and credit unions – employers that, as mentioned in our previous blog, unions historically avoided – employers in the financial industry must be aware of labor law developments....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Opendoor to Pay $62 Million to Settle FTC Claims That It Misled Homeowners

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Online home buying platform Opendoor Labs will pay $62 million to the FTC “to settle claims that it used misleading marketing practices to persuade people to sell their homes on the site.” According to the Commission, the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Lenders Have No Duty to “Process, Review, and Respond Carefully and Completely” to Loan Modification Applications

One of the unresolved issues over the past several years in the realm of lender liability law is whether lenders owe tort duties to borrowers in connection with loan modification applications. Until now, case law has been all...more

Venable LLP

Update: Judge Allows Most of Receiver’s Claims Against Wells Fargo for Involvement with Negative Option Marketers to Proceed

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A few weeks ago, we wrote an article discussing two enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission in the Central and Southern Districts of California that highlighted the risks to payment processors and financial...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Credit Union Client Alert – Wells Fargo Must Pay $250 Million Fine

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a $250 million civil penalty against Wells Fargo Bank, NA for flaws in the bank’s home loan loss mitigation program. In addition, the OCC issued a cease-and-desist...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New York State Addresses Residential Mortgage Forbearance Procedures - Update

Update: As noted, New York State enacted Banking Law §9-x on June 17, 2020 as a means of providing forbearance relief to mortgagors that were experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently,...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Tips For Banks As USAA Check Deposit Patent Dispute Grows

In January 2020, we wrote a Law360 guest article that highlighted some of the risks that followed Wells Fargo Bank NA's strategy in its patent dispute with the United Services Automobile Association over remote deposit check...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.16.2020 | Top Story: PNC Financial Reaches $11.6B Deal to Buy BBVA American Operations

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Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group has reached a deal worth some $11.6 billion to buy the U.S. operations of BBVA, a Spanish lender. The mash-up, “one of the biggest banking deals since the 2008 financial crisis,”...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Settlement: Part 3 – Gaming

This week I am exploring the Wells Fargo Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement of $3 billion. The case presents multiple lessons for the compliance professional and one very large...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Settlement: Part 2 – Cross-Selling

This week I am exploring the Wells Fargo Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement of $3 billion. The case presents multiple lessons for the compliance professional and one very large...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Strategy Lessons From Wells Fargo Fintech Patent Litigation

United States Automobile Association (USAA) is a financial services company that provides insurance, banking, investment, and retirement products and services for members of the military and their families. On June 7, 2018,...more

Stinson LLP

Mobile Check Deposit Patent Case Headed for Trial

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Companies involved in mobile checking should watch case closely - The United States Automobile Association (USAA) owns a portfolio of patents aimed at mobile check deposit technology. One group of these patents is targeted...more

Allen Matkins

California Law Requires Banks To Disregard Notice of Adverse Claims To Accounts

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In an all too familiar story, an insurance company's managing agent was tricked into transferring nearly $2 million into the fraudster's account at Wells Fargo Bank. The plaintiffs then sued the bank alleging that after...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Doing Business with Wells Fargo – Watch Your Wallet

You really do have to appreciate Wells Fargo & Co. Perhaps solely of the most recent spate of US corporate ethics scandals, it is the company that keeps giving and giving and giving. On the other hand, it may simply be that...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 6.7.2019 | Top Story: Markets Keep Eye on US Jobs Report

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Jobs Report Friday again! Lots to look for in the numbers this month, especially considering the economic uncertainty that’s defined the past few weeks....more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 17, 2019

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Real Property Update - Sanctions / Dismissal: trial court abused discretion in dismissing bank’s foreclosure action; record established bank complied with discovery orders on which the motion for dismissal/sanctions was...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Some reaction to the HQ2 x2 news, including what a pair of new tech hubs actually means for the cities that have thrown out the red carpet to Amazon and other technology giants....more

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