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At odds: Just in time for July 4th, the fireworks over swipe fees have been reignited. An appeals court in Manhattan has overturned a landmark settlement between the country's merchants and Visa and MasterCard. The court found that retailers were "inadequately" represented, because the same lawyers spoke for two groups of merchants with different interests.
Retailers had argued that processing fees were too high due to price fixing among the credit card networks. The 2012 deal, worth more than $7 billion, was one of the largest antitrust settlements in history.
New deal for bad mortgages: The Federal Housing Administration is overhauling a program that sells troubled loans to private investors. Among other changes, the firms will now have to consider principle reductions to help keep distressed borrowers in their houses before moving on to other options, including foreclosure.
Meanwhile, New York City is
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Giving back: Following the Federal Reserve's stress tests, the largest banks are approved to
Negative feedback: Deutsche Bank has been named the
99 problems, plus Brexit: Yet another look at CEO Tidjane Thiam's
Speed bumps ahead? The New York Stock Exchange and its sister markets are considering adding "