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  • June 03, 2025

    Citi's Global Sanctions Head Tapped For Treasury Role

    President Donald Trump has nominated Citigroup's global head of banking sanctions compliance to serve as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's assistant secretary for terrorist financing, according to congressional records, in a move that would mark his return to the department after years in the private sector.

  • June 03, 2025

    CFPB Industry Impact Uncertain Amid Priority Shift, Staff Cuts

    A recent enforcement memo outlines how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory agenda diverges from that of the previous administration, but, given the bureau's planned reduction in force, it is uncertain whether the agency will be able to enforce these new priorities, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • June 03, 2025

    BREAKING: Fed Frees Wells Fargo From $2T Asset Cap

    The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it has lifted the $2 trillion asset cap it imposed on Wells Fargo & Co. as part of a 2018 enforcement action stemming from the so-called fake accounts scandal, finding the bank has met all conditions required by the regulator.

  • June 03, 2025

    Lessons From FTC Action On Dark Patterns In User Interfaces

    The Federal Trade Commission's recent complaint against Uber for its billing and cancellation practices comes amid other actions addressing consumer confusion and deception, so it is paramount to deploy tools that assess customers' cognitive states of mind to separate lawful marketing from misconduct, says Ceren Canal Aruoba at Berkeley Research Group.

  • June 03, 2025

    Ex-Bank GC Can Easily Pay $2.5M Fraud Restitution, Feds Say

    The former general counsel of Stamford-based Webster Bank has chipped away at a $7.4 million restitution order since being sentenced to four years in prison for a yearslong fraud scheme and is capable of paying back the full amount in a lump sum, prosecutors have told a Connecticut federal judge.

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