Finance/Banking

Meta likely to dodge suits over WhatsApp investment scams
A federal judge previously ruled victims of a similar investment scheme lacked standing to sue Meta under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act.

Cash App agrees to $45 million settlement over shoddy account security and customer service
Attorneys general from all but four states sued the mobile payment app, claiming it misleadingly hawked the platform’s security and failed to shield users from fraud.

Kalshi loses bid to stop New York from regulating prediction markets
New York officials claim prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are offering unlicensed sports gambling.

Employees claim 401(k) mismanagement led to tens of millions in losses
Participants in the Pitney Bowes retirement plan say administrators failed to ditch low-performing investments in a federal lawsuit.

Investor accuses financial firms of 'spoofing' tech company's stock
Citadel Securities and Virtu Americas are accused of manipulating the share price of the education technology company Genius.

SCOTUS shatters party-candidate spending limits for GOP
The Trump administration had vowed not to enforce coordinated expenditure limits, but a relic of the vice president’s Senate tenure gave Republicans an opportunity to nix the regulation for good.

Investors accuse Hong Kong company of hiding costs of Chinese regulatory crackdown
Shareholders complain the company kept mum about the $270 million in fines it faces, which caused its stock to lose more than a quarter of its value in a single day.

Supreme Court sinks Trump’s attempt to take over Fed board
With three of his nominees on the seven-member board, President Trump would have a majority if his predecessor’s appointee is nixed by the justices.




