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A federal judge has upheld a Texas law that bars the state's retailers from charging an additional fee to customers who pay with a credit card.
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CashCall, an online loan servicer, reached a $1 million settlement with California's Department of Business Oversight on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., reintroduced legislation Thursday that would block regulators from ordering banks to end relationships with customers without cause, in response to a controversial law enforcement effort.
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New disclosure rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau don't go into effect until this summer, but lenders are already worried about compliance and fearing it may make the closing process far more difficult.
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Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $4 million to settle charges that it made secured credit card loans in violation of New York law.
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The new Financial Stability Oversight Council guidelines promise better public transparency and greater engagement with firms under review.
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The New York Department of Financial Services has published revisions to the agency's proposed framework for regulating virtual currencies.
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Banks stayed away from construction lending for years after it collapsed and contributed to the financial crisis. But low interest rates and other factors have gotten some developments off the ground, leading to construction lending's comeback.
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The Massachusetts senator wants to induce more competition and diversity in the banking industry and improve the economic prospects of a majority of Americans. Both changes would benefit the financial services sector as a whole.
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The expiration of the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act leaves servicers dealing with a patchwork of state laws and investor rules, while renters living in REO properties are at a greater risk of eviction.
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