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Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra now leads California's Business and Consumer Services Agency, positioning the nation's largest state economy as a new hub of consumer financial enforcement.…
Eagle, Idaho's VALT Bank has secured FDIC deposit insurance approval, the final major regulatory milestone before its planned Q4 2026 opening as a digital business bank.…
The SEC has filed complaints against 38 entities over large-scale abuse in investment adviser filings, crediting the FBI's Operation Level Up for supporting the crackdown.…
The OCC and FDIC have finalized revisions to how material financial risks are flagged at banks, promising clarity but drawing fire from critics who warn of weakened oversight.…
Stripe and Advent International have walked away from their agreed $53 billion bid to acquire PayPal at $60.50 per share, ending one of fintech's most consequential deals.…
Radosław Piesiewicz, president of the Polish Olympic Committee, faces criminal charges as prosecutors probe his links to collapsed crypto exchange Zondacrypto.…
Swift has extended its deadline for structured postal addresses in ISO 20022 payments after multiple market communities requested more time to comply.…
California's Senate has passed a bill prohibiting federal public officials from issuing memecoins to state residents, citing conflicts of interest and pay-to-play risks.…
Revolut has applied to open a bank branch in Finland, aiming to give its 250,000-plus Finnish customers access to local account numbers for salaries and bills.…
Deutsche Bank signs a global licensing deal with Thought Machine to deploy the cloud-native Vault Core platform at the heart of its German retail banking transformation.…
Advent International and Stripe have abandoned their pursuit of PayPal in a $50 billion deal, sending shares tumbling as much as 16% in premarket trading.…
BitGo has completed its acquisition of NYDIG's institutional trading business, adding ~30 staff and bolstering its derivatives and financing capabilities.…