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DOJ Settles Redlining Claims in Rhode Island

CFPB Monitor

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Washington Trust Company, of Westerly (WTC) to resolve claims that WTC redlined majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Rhode Island. for its peer lenders, and on average 46.5% for its peer lenders, and on average 46.5%

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CFPB issues report on state community reinvestment laws

CFPB Monitor

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Citizens Hits Back at CFPB’s Lawsuit Over Credit Card Dispute Failings

Banking Exchange

The Rhode Island-based bank says legal action from the consumer regulator is “unwarranted” and ignores previous remedial work Consumer Credit Compliance Customers Cards CFPB Compliance/Regulatory Consumer Compliance Community Banking Feature3 Feature.

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 Big Tech Antitrust Hearings Begins with Scrutiny of Media Industry

PYMNTS

David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island and antitrust committee chairman, said the Tuesday panel marks “the first significant antitrust investigation undertaken by Congress in decades.”. Present trends in the news business cannot continue.

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A scandal-scarred Rhode Island bank moves to liquidate

American Banker

Liquidation would close out a five-year drama that began when regulators cited the bank for SBA lending irregularities. Independence Bank can cease operations once it satisfies the conditions in an FDIC consent order.

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Big Tech Antitrust Hearings Begin With Scrutiny Of Media Industry

PYMNTS

David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island and antitrust committee chairman, said the Tuesday panel marks “the first significant antitrust investigation undertaken by Congress in decades.”. Present trends in the news business cannot continue.

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

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Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own.”. RotoGrinders is a website that provides the DFS community with various bits of data, including game-specific weather forecasts. But I knew weather and sports,” Roth noted. And that was really all I needed.”.

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