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CFPB Levies Record $3.7B Fine on Wells Fargo
CFPB Levies Record $3.7B Fine on Wells Fargo
December 20, 2022  |  Regulation

The CFPB fined Wells Fargo a $3.7 billion fine for its handling of loans and banking programs. The record penalty, announced Tuesday (Dec. 20), exceeds the...

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Afterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans
Afterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans
March 17, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Australian startup Afterpay is settling with the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) over allegations that the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm was offering...

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FTC Fines Office Depot; Refunds Consumers For Virus Scam
FTC Fines Office Depot; Refunds Consumers For Virus Scam
February 20, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent $34 million to victims of a scheme by Office Depot and a separate software provider that encouraged them...

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Google Points To Amazon As ‘Overwhelming Competitive Force’ In EU Antitrust Case
Google Points To Amazon As ‘Overwhelming Competitive Force’ In EU Antitrust Case
February 14, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon has been pulled into an ongoing court battle between Google and European Union competition regulators over a $2.6 billion fine involving alleged anti-competitive behavior...

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EU Judge Says Google Committed ‘Clear Infraction’ In Antitrust Case
EU Judge Says Google Committed ‘Clear Infraction’ In Antitrust Case
February 13, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

A European judge has hampered Google’s fight against a $2.6 billion fine, saying the company committed a “clear infraction” by putting its own price-comparison services...

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Google Fights $2.6B Antitrust Fine In EU Court
Google Fights $2.6B Antitrust Fine In EU Court
February 12, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Alphabet’s Google told Europe’s second-highest court on Wednesday (Feb. 12) that antitrust regulators had no legal grounds to levy a €2.4-billion ($2.6 billion) fine against...

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France Dings Google With 150M Euro Anti-Competition Fine
France Dings Google With 150M Euro Anti-Competition Fine
December 20, 2019  |  Google

The competition authority in France has fined search engine company Google 150 million euros ($167 million) for its anti-competitive actions, as well as its advertisement...

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Citigroup Fined $56M In UK For Regulatory Reporting Miss
Citigroup Fined $56M In UK For Regulatory Reporting Miss
November 26, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the supervisory arm of the Bank of England (BoE), has fined Citigroup a record-breaking $56.3 million for not completing accurate...

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Hong Kong Hits UBS With $51M Fine For Fleecing Consumers
Hong Kong Hits UBS With $51M Fine For Fleecing Consumers
November 11, 2019  |  International

Swiss bank UBS was hit with a $51.09 million fine by a Hong Kong watchdog for overcharging up to 5,000 clients for nearly a decade,...

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