Legal issues and news

New York's bank regulator says Paxos ignored obvious money-laundering red flags and lacked basic compliance controls, particularly in its dealings with Binance.

As stablecoins and related products gain traction in the U.S., bankers are going to have to face the fact that their current anti-money-laundering controls simply aren't up to the task anymore.

Last year, scammers tricked 11,000 people — many elderly — to send them money through ATMs for Bitcoin and other crypto. The payments are often irreversible.

Lenders and servicers must determine how quickly to act as some legislators look to enable the move a key regulator has ordered while others urge deliberation.

Companies that lack artificial intelligence governance may spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more in responding to cyberattacks, IBM found.

In a new lawsuit, a former Flagstar compliance officer says Alessandro DiNello fired him for investigating his suspected misconduct. In one lurid example, the former CEO allegedly revealed sensitive company information as a junior employee sat on his lap.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. withheld bonuses from former FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg and four senior officials, whose names were redacted from the report, as part of "corrective action" for allegations of misconduct.

A White House working group is calling for updated crypto regulations, AI-powered fraud detection and clearer guidance for banks.

A FICO survey shows 33% think exaggerating income on credit applications is acceptable. Ironically, many also prioritize strong fraud prevention from banks.

Bankers are concerned about stablecoins gaining traction due to the passage of the GENIUS Act, and also continue to sound the alarm about the failure to resolve check fraud disputes, according to the latest quarterly survey from IntraFi.

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan granted the National Fair Housing Alliance a temporary restraining order which requires HUD to resume distribution of enforcement funds.

Art collectors — and criminals — can anonymously spend millions on art in the U.S. A newly introduced bill could change that.

A judge ruled the Pennsylvania lender had to commit to its increased fair lending obligations for three more years, as it wouldn't harm the public interest.

The Financial Technology Protection Act would create a task force to stop terrorists and criminals from using digital assets, as lawmakers push for stronger oversight for emerging technologies. 

First-party fraud — customers claiming they never made a transaction when they know full well they did — is a growing problem for banks. An emerging host of vendors including Socure are offering machine learning models that detect this.

A coalition of consumer groups sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and acting Director Russell Vought for refusing to implement a statutorily mandated small-business data collection rule that is already tied up in litigation.

Complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have skyrocketed in the first half of 2025, due in part to an increase in payment scams generated by social media that target peer-to-peer payment platforms such as Zelle, Venmo and other apps.

The Department of Justice has filed a notice that it will appeal a D.C. District Court ruling that reinstated two democratic members of the National Credit Union Administration who had been fired by President Trump earlier this year.

American Banker's Frictionless Fraud report finds not all institutions are well assured their customer verification tools can keep up with new schemes.

Sam Altman, the founder and CEO of OpenAI, said the rapidly growing capabilities of AI are rendering many of banks' fraud prevention measures useless and warned of an "impending fraud crisis" if banks don't update their processes.