Lawsuits

A $26 million settlement by Santander Consumer is shining a light on the hard-to-measure problem of auto dealer fraud, while also raising questions about the adequacy of lenders' efforts to combat bad behavior.

Yman Vien says she lost her job at American Metro Bancorp because of her gender. The bank says the move was tied to poor decisions that led to a regulatory order in 2009.

The trade association's lawsuit challenging new field-of-membership rules may have the opposite effect, as more credit unions consider expansion before the litigation is resolved.

Just like ATMs before them, financial institutions' websites are coming under fire for not being handicap-friendly, and DoJ is about to turn up the heat.

The U.S. government ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate a former bank manager who was fired after reporting suspected illegal behavior to his superiors and a company hotline.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's unblemished track record regarding enforcement actions came to an end in 2016 as more companies began fighting back.

JPM snatches $1 trillion custodian business from long-time holder State Street; Harvard will lay off half of the employees managing its $35.7 billion endowment.

The National Credit Union Administration and credit union trade groups cheered a judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the agency's member business lending rule, but ICBA is still mulling the possibility of an appeal.

"There is an added sense of urgency now," says Barbara Roper, director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and two states on Wednesday sued the nation's largest student loan servicer, Navient, for allegedly systematic failures in processing loan payments and failing to enroll borrowers in less expensive repayment plans.

Navient Corp. was sued by a U.S. regulator over allegations that the student loan giant "systematically" cheated borrowers.