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			<title><![CDATA[Independent Foreclosure Review deadline is near]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-12-05 10:35:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The deadline is about three weeks away for homeowners to request a free, independent review of foreclosure actions that were in process during 2009 or 2010.

The program, Independent Foreclosure Review, was set up last year by the U.S. Treasury...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[CFPB orders Capital One Bank to refund $140 million to consumers]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-18 08:49:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Updated with Capital One's response

In its first enforcement action, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered Capital One Bank to refund $140 million to about two million customers. On top of that, the bank must pay a $25 million civil...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wells Fargo agrees to pay $175M settlement in pricing discrimination suit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-12 18:24:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[About 1,000 Baltimore-area residents are expected to receive thousands of dollars each under a landmark $175 million settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Wells Fargo over accusations of discriminatory lending practices.

Under the terms...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two local banks switch to local regulator]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-06-12 12:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Two Baltimore-area banks have changed their charters so that they will be regulated by the state rather than the federal government, their new regulator said Tuesday.

Midstate Community Bank &#8212; which had been Midstate Federal Savings and Loan...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bank of America to pay $2.5 million to Maryland groups]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-01 04:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[More than 40 charities, nonprofits and government agencies in Maryland this week will learn if they are to receive anywhere from $5,000 to more than $300,000 as part of a settlement with Bank of America. Just in time for the holidays!

The $67...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Consumer advocates fear that more traditional banks will be offering payday loans]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-08-22 15:19:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you are offered a short-term advance on your paycheck at a triple-digit interest rate, you might think you're being pitched a payday loan &#8212; a product that's basically banned in Maryland and other states with rate caps.

But what if that deal came...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A year in the making, consumers finally get greater protections on financial matters]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-07-18 15:24:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Consumer advocates aren't getting their first choice to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Despite the setback, this is still a big week for consumer protection.

Thursday is the one-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[McDonald's sued for paying Pa. employees with fee-carrying debit cards]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-06-16 07:48:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[She spent her days serving up Happy Meals, but when it came time to get paid, Natalie Gunshannon says a local McDonald's franchisee gave her an unhappy deal. 

The Shavertown McDonald's forces workers to be paid only one way: with a payroll debit card...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US regulator gives big banks two years to push out swaps trading]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-06-11 16:28:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. officials will give
JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America 
and several other big firms two years to comply with a
controversial Dodd-Frank requirement that they push some swaps
trading out of the bank.

The Office...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[BofA could still put Countrywide into bankruptcy, executive says]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-06-10 15:45:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[By Karen Freifeld

NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp 
could put its Countrywide Financial unit into bankruptcy if it
fails to win court approval for an $8.5 billion settlement with
mortgage investors, a bank executive said on Monday....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Regulator: Agriculture loans strong, but plan now for bad times]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-06-07 12:35:03</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[National bank regulators have a message for banks making a lot of agriculture loans: Plan for the bad times during the good times.

That was one of the key messages officials from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Western District office had...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Witness lifts veil on BofA settlement negotiations]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-06-06 15:46:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[By Karen Freifeld

NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - Mortgage bond investors got
"the best deal that was available" when they agreed to an $8.5
billion settlement with Bank of America Corp in 2012, an
executive who helped negotiate the deal said Thursday.

The...]]></description>
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