Litigation

Investors argues in suit that Jamie Dimon and other executives risked the bank's reputation in their dealings with the disgraced financier.

The retail behemoth alleged in a lawsuit last month that Capital One fell short on customer service. But the McLean, Virginia-based bank says ending the partnership would open a path for a rival offering from a Walmart-backed fintech venture.

The Texas Bankers Association, a trade group representing Lone Star State bankers, accused the agency of exceeding its authorities in crafting its rule on collecting data about small business lending activity.

The world's largest retailer sued Capital One over their four-year-old credit card partnership, saying the bank failed to meet customer service standards. The McLean, Virginia-based bank disputed the allegations, and analysts said that the firm could compensate by landing new credit card partnerships or cutting back on marketing expenses.

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a court split ahead of a highly anticipated Supreme Court hearing in October. The Fifth Circuit previously ruled that the agency's funding mechanism violates the Constitution's separation of powers doctrine.

JPMorgan Chase is suing the former executive to hold him responsible for any damages stemming from lawsuits accusing the bank of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking.

The San Francisco fintech made its name in refinancing student loans. Now it contends that a moratorium for federal student debt payments — put in place near the start of the pandemic — has cost it at least $150 million in profits.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra says the bureau is continuing with its enforcement agenda and that financial firms face risks from the Supreme Court case.

Charlie Javice claimed in a court filing that she was being scapegoated for the bank's faulty due diligence and that it was JPMorgan that asked her to come up with "synthetic data" on Frank users.

Toronto-Dominion Bank is on the hook for $1.2 after settling litigation over its connection to a massive Ponzi scheme, and Independent Bank Group in Texas agreed to pay $100 million. A third bank, HSBC, settled for a smaller amount.

The high court's inevitable decision on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure will tell us a lot about how radical the court is willing to be.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked the high court to overrule a lower-court decision that threatens its funding structure. The justices didn't accept the case on Tuesday, but experts say it could still make the cut in the coming week.

The bank's delay in investigating the case forced the plaintiff to resign from the bank in July 2021, according to the complaint. Wells said that it takes allegations of misconduct "very seriously."

Townstone Financial in Chicago had been accused of discriminating against certain consumers by trying to discourage them from applying for home loans. However, a judge ruled that federal law protects only actual applicants.

Credit Acceptance Corp., a major name in subprime auto finance, is facing a legal challenge over its lending practices. Some lawyers and analysts say the company's battle with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has broader implications for the rest of the industry.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the state attorney general claim Credit Acceptance Corp., an indirect auto lender, deceived thousands of borrowers by failing to disclose and include finance charges in calculating the cost of a car loan.

The Mississippi bank would take a big hit to capital and income but avoid the risk of a bigger payout from a guilty verdict in litigation against banks that did business with Allen Stanford's disgraced financial empire.

Among U.S. financial regulators, Chopra is the one who bankers fear the most. His agency is expected to battle with the financial industry in 2023 on topics ranging from discrimination to fees and the bureau's funding mechanism.

Many experts think the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding through the Federal Reserve could be the fatal flaw in the Dodd-Frank Act that created the agency, but differentiating the CFPB's structure from others may be tricky.

The Wyoming-based digital-asset bank wants more information about why a decision on its two-year-old application for a master account has been delayed. But U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl ruled that the central bank won't have to turn over everything Custodia sought.