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FAIR FINANCE WATCH: On World Liberty Trust Co Application to US Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FFW Opposition Belatedly Noted- Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/cra4wltcbunqub… OCC acknowledgment on DocumentCloud here documentcloud.org/documents/2690…

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

March 2-3, 2026 - access to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data being undermined at CFPB? Attempt 3: Server is busy (returned HTML). Retrying... 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...

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 #open-comment" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">federalregister.gov/documents/2025…

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

@jessevantol @innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive You're right - I went back and found this, Jesse Jackson on not only Countrywide/BofA but also Wells Fargo (which by the way has now applied to / notified the OCC, on Feb 4, that it is closing 13 more branches, screen shot below housingwire.com/articles/illin…

@FinanceWatchOrg @innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive Don’t forget about his testimony opposing B of A / Countrywide! (I’ll find it when I get a moment)

While there is much to be said of Jesse Jackson, here he was in 2010 testifying on CRA: "99 percent of banks have passed the CRA exams. We must be strongly opposed to providing exemptions for merger review... Congress needs to apply CRA broadly." RIP

REGULATORY BEAT: As OCC Confirms Protest to Bunq's Bank Bid Silent on Fair Finance Watch Simultaneous Filing vs WLTC - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/cra2wftcbunqub…

Regulatory Capture: OceanFirst - Flushing Opposed After Redlining Deal Now OCC at 4 am Tells Fair Finance Watch It Will Have to Refile, Falsely Claims Info Is Online So Protest to 2 Crypto Proposals, CRA Hidden: Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/mergers9cocean…

REGULATORY CAPTURE: Days after Fifth Third Lists 80 Comerica Branch Closings, 76 in Michigan, Gould's OCC OKs Deal Ignoring the Public - Inner City Press $FITB $CMA story: innercitypress.com/mergers2qfifth… Detroit News on @FinanceWatchOrg's comments detroitnews.com/story/business…

With public access to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data threatened with ending along with the CFPB, Fair Finance Watch four times in 2025 petitioned the Federal Reserve to assumes its responsibility to maintain access. Now in H2, petition for rulemaking denied

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11:17 am - Do Kwon is in yellow prison jumpsuit of Essex County Jail in NJ; he's sitting at defense table with four of his lawyers. There has been a check of the call-in line(s); US says six victims want to speak, one in Russian: patreon.com/posts/crypto-i…

OK - Do Kwon sentencing in crypto case, US wants 12 years, Do asks 5, 6 victims set to testify patreon.com/posts/crypto-i… Inner City Press wrote the book on Luna amazon.com/Crypto-Death-S… and will live tweet, thread below

REGULATORY CAPTURE BEAT: OCC Rubber Stamps Five New Crypto Banks Without any Community Reinvestment Act or Other Safeguards (day after Luna's Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years) unchainedcrypto.com/do-kwon-senten… - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/occ1cryptowocr…

REGULATORY CAPTURE: Federal Reserve Board Rubber-Stamps Pinnacle / Synovus Merger Protested on Community Reinvestment Act - more detailed comments pending on PNC, Fifth Third and others - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/cra8pinnaclesy…

Just in from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: "The OCC does not have any enforcement actions against banks to release in November." Oh.

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11:15 am, Jury foreperson said there is a note for the judge. So far, none of the lawyers (or brothers) back in courtroom. But Inner City Press is on it - thread continues below

CRYPTO BROS TRIAL DAY 18: In Trial for Taking $25 Million from Ethereum Sandwich Bots, jury Day 3, note coming, after hypo - interim book here: play.google.com/store/books/de… AMZN paperback Code Is Law (?) after verdict; Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below

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10:04 am The lawyers have assembled - Team Peraire-Bueno summoned from the SDNY courthouse cafeteria by message from Judge Clarke's chambers - now waiting for the judge

CRYPTO BROS TRIAL DAY 17: In Trial for Taking $25 Million from Ethereum Sandwich Bots, jury deliberations Day 2, after hypo - interim book here: play.google.com/store/books/de… AMZN paperback Code Is Law (?) after verdict; Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below

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Judge Clarke: You will begin your deliberations. If you have questions, they should be sent to me in writing. I have prepared a verdict form for you to use. Your foreperson will fill it out, all jurors must sign the form.

CRYPTO BROS TRIAL DAY 16: In Trial for Taking $25 Million from Ethereum Sandwich Bots, jury deliberations begin - interim book here: play.google.com/store/books/de… AMZN paperback Code Is Law (?) after verdict; Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below