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FTX Has Enough Cash to Repay Creditors in Full

May 08, 2024
FTX
NYCB Targeted With Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Securities Fraud
Legal // February 07, 2024

New York Community Bank (NYCB) is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud. The lawsuit comes after the bank acquired certain assets of Signature Bridge Bank on March 20, 2023, and reported a fourth quarter net loss of $252 million on Jan. 31,...

Lawsuit Accuses Visa of Electronic Payment Monopoly
Legal // December 11, 2023

Visa is reportedly facing an antitrust lawsuit alleging that it has blocked fair competition in the credit and debit card processing market. MiCamp Solutions, a provider of secure payment processing solutions, has filed a proposed class action targeting Visa in the U.S. District Court for the...

FTC Alleges Amazon Deployed Secret Algorithm to Raise Prices
Legal // November 02, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly unveiled details of a lawsuit against Amazon Thursday (Nov. 2), accusing the eCommerce giant of employing strategies to enhance its profits. The FTC alleges that Amazon used a secret algorithm, internally known as “Project Nessie,” to raise prices for specific products, resulting...

Apple Must Face Antitrust Suit Over Apple Pay
Apple // September 28, 2023

Apple must face a lawsuit accusing it of illegally hindering competition for its payment wallet. A federal judge on Wednesday (Sept. 27) allowed a private antitrust suit against the tech giant to proceed, Reuters reported. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled that the plaintiffs in...

Interviews & Exclusives
A Tale Of Two CFPB Directors

November 28, 2017
Wherever you might come down on the current controversy over who’s really in charge at the CFPB, you have to admit it’s driven no shortage of headlines. Some of our favorites: “Shootout at The CFPB Corral”, “Who’s the Boss” and “…Two Acting Directors Show Up To Take Command; One Brings Doughnuts, The Other Well-Wishes.” In what is […]

Labor Day Edition — American Express, Pizza Wars And Wells Fargo

September 04, 2017
Today, nationwide, Americans are celebrating the joys of hard work and earning an honest day’s living by sleeping late, going one last time to the beach and soaking up the last of...

Quick Reads
FTX Has Enough Cash to Repay Creditors in Full

May 08, 2024
Eighteen months after its collapse, FTX is ready to repay its customers in full. The cryptocurrency exchange says it has pulled together assets worth $14.5 and $16.3 billion, enough to pay back 98% of its creditors 118% of what they are owed.  The remaining 2% would get back 100% of their claim under a plan […]

NYCB Targeted With Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Securities Fraud

February 07, 2024
New York Community Bank (NYCB) is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud. The lawsuit comes after the bank acquired certain assets of Signature Bridge Bank on March...

Lawsuit Accuses Visa of Electronic Payment Monopoly

December 11, 2023
Visa is reportedly facing an antitrust lawsuit alleging that it has blocked fair competition in the credit and debit card processing market. MiCamp Solutions, a provider of secure payment processing solutions,...

FTC Alleges Amazon Deployed Secret Algorithm to Raise Prices

November 02, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly unveiled details of a lawsuit against Amazon Thursday (Nov. 2), accusing the eCommerce giant of employing strategies to enhance its profits. The FTC alleges that Amazon used...