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Fed FOIA Delay for Enova Slammed 2d Time: After Magistrate Judge Called Federal Reserve Freedom of Information Denials to Fair Finance Watch Unwarranted, Fed Asked Vacatur; Now Critique Reiterated in R&R- story: innercitypress.com/enova8gra… R&R: innercitypress.com/enova8gra…
BAD BANKS: As EverBank and WaFd Propose Merger, Fair Finance Watch Challenges Under the Community Reinvestment Act, Now FOIA as Fed Application is DC Bound - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/crareg4be…
UNSEALING PROJECT FINDS: After Winning Unsealing in United Airlines Discrimination Case Inner City Press Wasn't Told of Filings But Here's What They Show, District of Colorado Unsealing Win 1 - story: innercitypress.com/cod1aunit… Fair Finance Watch aims for more
Predator on Parade: OppFi's Application to Buy BNC Bank Still Not Mentioned on FRB Website So Fair Finance Watch Publishes Here - Inner City Press story w/ link innercitypress.com/ffw3coppf… OppFi application (350 pg, FOIA request filed on rest) documentcloud.org/documents/…
DC beat: In House Financial Services, FDIC's Travis Hill looks on as Rep Meeks calls OCC's Gould a fixer. Beyond any particular rubberstamped application, the OCC does not put out any reasoning for its approvals, or even contact those who timely commented against
For context on ongoing UN waste, Inner City Press covered this last month: "OHCHR will relinquish its HQ - it is corruption, money wasted in useless initiatives like UDHR75, the Knowledge Hub, the Inquiries branch, the diversity adviser: innercitypress.com/ungate29v…
Visited the Strategic Heritage Plan (SHP) construction site at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). @UNGeneva @usmissiongeneva
Man bites dog, OCC brings enforcement action - against Stephen Calk's The Federal Savings Bank (FFW
has opposed Calk's application as a felon to retain an interest in the bank; Federal Reserve withholds information as OCC, for once, acts innercitypress.com/fedres1bc…
Bank Secrecy Challenged: As Columbia Financial Brags of FHBNY Spot Amid Northfield Protest by
@FinanceWatchOrg
It Withholds Its Answers to Federal Reserve Qs for FOIA - Story: innercitypress.com/mergers13… Bank's filing on Patreon patreon.com/posts/bank-secre…
US Bank Regulators: Do As I Say, Not As I Do-
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency official Edner Escarne did not pay or file taxes while working there. This afternoon, Escarne was arraigned and pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey
Heather McGhee speaks of 90 million Americans who said no to both parties, and challenges upcoming - not "I have an intractable problem" but "I have a dream."
#JustEconomy
Ex-FDIC official Donna Gambrell acceping award said today's times (and developments) can be disgusting. Agreed: consider the current FDIC's lawless elimination of public notice of branch applications, a building block of CRA: americanbanker.com/opinion/t…
#JustEconomy
Happening now: FDIC chair Travis Hill is rubber stamping rules on GENIUS Act stablecoins, and dropping "reputational risk" in regulation - this after he / the FDIC eliminated notices of bank branch applications americanbanker.com/opinion/t…
Bad decision(s) - more soon
OK - about to testify to the Federal Reserve on EGRPRA - as some push deregulation, FFW is pushing for transparency. I am asking the Fed why Inner City Press' November 2025 FOIA request was only answered today, about banks on boards of Reserve Banks
HUD about-face: Last night past 11 pm OceanFirst Bank, trying to buy Flushing Bank in NY, filed with the Fed that in 2025 HUD canceled its redlining conciliation agreement with the bank. OceanFirst is *not* a bank wanted in New York - it is an arrogant redliner
Bank Banks Redux: OceanFirst Proposal for Flushing Bank Comes After Redlining Settlement so @FinanceWatchOrg to Oppose, as on TD northjersey.com/story/news/b… - Inner City Press vs $OCFC $FFIC story: innercitypress.com/mergers9o…
March 2-3, 2026 - access to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data being undermined at CFPB?
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Failed to reach data after 3 attempts. The CFPB server is currently locked for filing maintenance.
Well, seems the Supreme Court won't issue its Lisa Cook ruling on the same day it has on tariffs - the (Fed) watch continues...
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When you comment to the OCC on their CRA Strategic Plan proposal, which envision public notice only in newspapers (!) before the deadline - so far, only four comments have been posted by them: it's at federalregister.gov/document…
When the Federal Reserve asks you to state in advance what you intend to testify about at their EGRIPRA meeting (March 26, 2026, DC and virtual
Hmm... New report claims (very) high costs for CFPB - while current applicants Enova (Grasshopper Bank) & OceanFIrst (Flushing) have been, in response to Fair Finance Watch comments, bragged how they put CFPB enforcement actions (and disparate impact) behind them
