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Finding a Way Out From Under Financial Abuse

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According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 27% of people in physically abusive relationships also reported experiencing financial abuse. Financial abuse takes many forms and does not discriminate based on race,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Districts of Wyoming and Idaho Affirm Broad Fed Powers over Master Accounts

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Components of the U.S. Federal Reserve System recently prevailed in two lawsuits in which both plaintiffs – Custodia Bank and PayServices Bank – alleged the defendants were required to grant the plaintiffs’ master account...more

Goodwin

CFPB Warns Banks that Unilaterally Opening Closed Bank Accounts Could Be a Federal Law Violation

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On Monday May 10, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) released a circular regarding the Bureau’s newest guidance that if a “financial institution unilaterally reopens [deposit] accounts to...more

Bowditch & Dewey

How Do I Protect My Business from a Potential Banking Crisis?

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Instead of debating whether there is (or will be) a banking crisis, what can you as a business owner do to protect bank accounts in a time of uncertainty? There are several practical tips to keep in mind while assessing your...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Addressing Legal Issues Related to the Silicon Valley Bank Closure

On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) appointed as receiver....more

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CFPB Fines Bank for Accessing Customer Credit Reports and Opening Accounts, Credit Cards, and Lines of Credit Without Customers’...

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​​​​​​​On July 28, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Consent Order against a large bank (the Bank), claiming that the Bank created sales pressure on its employees that encouraged employees to...more

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Takeaways for Banks from the CFPB’s Recent Consent Order on Garnishment Orders

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In a recent consent order with a national bank, the CFPB found that the bank committed UDAAP violations in its process for handling garnishment orders and by including certain waiver language in its deposit account...more

A&O Shearman

Hong Kong ‘No Consent’ letters not guaranteed to freeze bank accounts

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The Hong Kong Police Commissioner's use of the 'No Consent Regime' to encourage three banks to freeze customer bank accounts, in circumstances where the banks had no independent suspicion of unlawful activity by bank account...more

BCLP

Funds held in Lebanon: UK consumer laws may help release them

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The financial and humanitarian crisis in Lebanon continues to hit the headlines. Our commercial disputes team has been assisting English domiciled families with funds held in Lebanese banks to take expedited legal steps in...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Current Developments in Bank Deposits and Payment Systems (Spring 2020)

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This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. These include payments-related consent orders and enforcement actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Settlement: Part 2 – Cross-Selling

This week I am exploring the Wells Fargo Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement of $3 billion. The case presents multiple lessons for the compliance professional and one very large...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Settlement: Part 1 – It’s Even Worse Than Imagined

I did not think that the Wells Fargo fraudulent accounts scandal could get worse for the bank. Boy was I wrong. Last week, in a Press Release, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a that Wells Fargo & Company and its...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Bank Pays Price for Refusing to Honor Request Made Under a Power of Attorney

A durable power of attorney (POA) allows the person creating the POA, called the "principal," to name a trusted agent who can act on his behalf in almost any situation. But because of the risk of abuse, many banks will...more

Burr & Forman

Finders Keepers? What Should Happen to Abandoned Bank Accounts

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“Rule Number 1: Never lose money.  Rule Number 2: Never forget Rule Number 1.” – Warren Buffet. While we all like to think that we have a handle on our finances, sometimes that is not the case. This is evidenced by...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Revised EIN Application Process Permits only Individuals to Serve as the “Responsible Party”

An entity operating in the U.S. needs a U.S. Federal employer identification numbers (“EIN”) in order to open a bank account in the United States, act as an employer, file a tax return and complete certain other corporate...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Opening a U.S. Bank Account Can be Much More Onerous than you Think and Can Delay Your Cross-Border Transaction or Growth Plans in...

French investments in the U.S. vary largely in terms of scale and nature, but whatever it is a small French startup only creating an even smaller U.S. subsidiary or a large French corporation acquiring and restructuring an...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Chilean Bank Struck by “Virus” that Steals $10 Million

Just weeks after Mexico’s central bank was targeted by hackers who stole $15 million, Chile’s biggest bank, Banco de Chile announced on May 28, 2018, that it had been struck by a “virus,” that affected its workstations,...more

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European Commission Requests Feedback on a Roadmap for Widening Access to Centralized Bank and Payment Account Registries

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On August 9, 2017, the European Commission published an inception impact assessment (Ares (2017)3971182) (also called a roadmap) on access to centralized bank account registries. In the roadmap, the Commission explains...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizeable stake in Bristol-Myers Squibb, a move that reportedly caught execs at the drugmaker unawares and sets the stage for a potential sale....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Obtaining Jurisdiction in New York Courts through Repeated Use of Correspondent Bank Accounts

In the past, a foreign bank’s use of correspondent bank accounts in the United States to facilitate wire transfers has not necessarily given New York courts a sufficient basis for jurisdiction over the bank. But a recent 4-3...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Streetwise traces Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi’s big-time current troubles to a meeting nearly a decade ago and the ill-fated deal reached there that’s led to the downfall of 3 (and probably 4) of the world’s biggest and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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A new trading link dropping next week will give international investors access to more than 800 stocks listed on China’s Shenzhen stock market, the boom/bust venue best known for its “rampant speculation”....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tesco Bank Cyber-Robbery—Some Implications for U.S. Banks—and their Depositors

UK-based Tesco Bank froze online transactions on Monday after discovering that cyber-criminals stole money from 20,000 different customer accounts. The exact method used by the perpetrators is still under review, but...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Federal regulators unveiled a proposal yesterday that would push the country’s biggest banks and other “critical financial companies” to shore up cybersecurity protocols, to prevent hacks, and to have a recovery plan at the...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Criminal Prosecution of Wells Fargo: What to Expect?

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Compliance and enforcement headlines have focused on the Wells Fargo scandal. And for good reason. On September 8, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Los Angeles...more

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