Business/Finance

June 11, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges thousands of consumers’ credit scores were damaged when Fingerhut opened new Fetti accounts without their permission.

June 11, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Nelnet has repeatedly miscalculated student loan borrowers’ monthly repayment amounts.

June 10, 2024 A class action accuses Capital One of breaching its contract by both failing to properly investigate financial fraud claims and wrongfully denying victims reimbursement.

June 6, 2024 A class action alleges Synchrony Bank has unfairly penalized service members by increasing interest rates on their outstanding credit card balances when they leave active duty.

June 3, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses JPMorgan Chase Bank of working with Facebook to intercept the communications of California consumers on Chase.com.

May 28, 2024 Dolce & Gabbana faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the fashion brand pocketed more than $25 million used to fund a now-abandoned NFT crypto project.

May 28, 2024 Live Nation faces a class action lawsuit after the Justice Dept. sued the Ticketmaster parent company, calling for the break up of the companies' alleged monopoly.

May 16, 2024 WebTPA Employer Services faces a proposed class action lawsuit over an April 2023 data breach.

May 14, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against OE Federal Credit Union over a two-month 2023 data breach.

May 13, 2024 Merrill Lynch and Bank of America face a class action wherein a financial advisor claims he was wrongfully denied the vested commissions to which he was entitled as part of a deferred compensation plan.

May 8, 2024 Klover faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the cash advance and budgeting app charges fees that yield triple-digit APRs that regularly exceed 300%.

May 8, 2024 Greenline Loans faces a class action over an alleged “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby the online lender has purportedly issued illegal loans to Illinois residents.

May 7, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo illegally seizes funds out of a customer’s deposit account should the individual fail to timely pay an open-end credit loan.

May 6, 2024 A class action lawsuit has been filed against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. over a recently disclosed 2021 data breach that impacted more than 451,000 people.

May 3, 2024 Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, Inc. (FBCS) faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a February 2024 data breach.

May 2, 2024 Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the firm failed to protect the personal information of approx. 1.1 million people from a data breach.

May 2, 2024 A new class action lawsuit alleges Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals holds an illegal monopoly on two drugs used in inhalation sprays to treat COPD and asthma.

April 30, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Rivian and certain execs unlawfully made materially false and misleading statements with regard to demand for the Tesla rival’s electric vehicles.

April 30, 2024 The companies that own and operate the ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge, causing its collapse and the death of at least six people, face a class action lawsuit.

April 23, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that the entities behind FastDayLoans.com have issued to Illinois residents illegal, high-interest loans.

April 22, 2024 A lawsuit alleges My Credit Guy, L.L.C. has failed to include certain required info in customer contracts and charged consumers before it fully performed the advertised services.

April 22, 2024 A lawsuit accuses Central Bank of Kansas City of issuing prepaid debit cards saddled with fees to individuals arrested, detained and released from custody to have confiscated cash returned to them.

April 11, 2024 OneMain Financial has been hit with a class action that claims the lender has extended unlawful loans to thousands of active-duty servicemembers.

April 1, 2024 A lawsuit alleges American Express has shared with Facebook the communications of Calif. consumers who applied for a credit card on AmEx’s website and were rejected.

March 27, 2024 A class action alleges AT&T “[gambled] with retirees’ livelihoods” when it transferred pension benefit plan liabilities to a “highly risky” company.

March 25, 2024 Bayer Heritage Federal Credit Union faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the sensitive information of more than 61,000 people was stolen in a data breach.

March 25, 2024 A class action claims Wells Fargo Bank has unfairly penalized customers by assessing $12 “junk fees” when they unknowingly deposit faulty checks.

March 21, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo has illegally charged thousands of American servicemembers and military families excessive interest rates and fees.

March 19, 2024 A class action accuses Citibank of charging an unfair $12 “junk fee” to customers who, through no fault of their own, deposit checks that bounce.

March 14, 2024 A class action alleges the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development has denied thousands of homeowners mortgage insurance premium refunds.

March 6, 2024 A class action lawsuit that alleges FloatMe's cash advances are illegal given that it charges monthly fees that yield triple-digit yearly interest rates.

March 6, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Google of having kept millions in stolen money from victims of Google Play Store gift card scams.

March 6, 2024 A proposed class action claims BusinessInsider.com unlawfully uses web-tracking technology to collect visitors’ personal data without consent.

March 6, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that Western Union illegally held and used money he deposited for a wire transfer for its own commercial benefit.

February 28, 2024 A class action accuses Infinity Capital and its sponsor bank of assessing excessive “monthly chargeback violation” fees in breach of their merchant contract terms.

February 28, 2024 A lawsuit alleges Western Union and MoneyGram have illegally swept up and disclosed to a law enforcement education group the transaction data of millions consumers from certain states.

February 28, 2024 A class action accuses Cadence Bank of wrongfully charging an OD fee on debit card transactions, even when an account has sufficient funds available.

February 23, 2024 A class action alleges JPMorgan Chase Bank has unfairly assessed fees as penalties for faulty checks that depositing customers “had no hand in issuing.”

February 21, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses several entities and individuals of misappropriating more than $100M of special needs trust assets over more than a decade.

February 16, 2024 A lawsuit claims American Express violated federal law by failing to conduct a timely investigation after being notified that a Serve card containing a consumer's tax refund was stolen.

February 16, 2024 Capital One faces a class action over its decision to stop offering 360 Savings Accounts and begin offering “360 Performance Savings” accounts with a much higher interest rate.

February 9, 2024 Paycom Payroll faces a class action lawsuit over a 2023 data breach during which an unknown party accessed the company’s systems and stole thousands from customers’ accounts.

February 9, 2024 AvailBlue.com faces a class action over an alleged “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby the online lender has issued to Illinois residents loans with unlawfully high interest rates.

February 1, 2024 A class action claims LendUMo.com is involved in an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby consumers have been issued loans with excessive interest rates.

January 25, 2024 LoanDepot faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a January 2024 data breach that reportedly impacted roughly 16.6 million people.

January 10, 2024 A lawsuit claims a provision in Bank of America’s online banking service agreement that prohibits customers from making any statement that might expose the bank to “liability, reputational harm or brand damage” is illegal.

January 5, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Navy Federal Credit Union has discriminated against racial minorities by disproportionately denying mortgage applications that would have been approved for similarly situated white Americans.

January 4, 2024 A class action alleges the NFL, its 32 teams and Fanatics have unlawfully colluded to prevent competition in the online retail marketplace for league-licensed merchandise.

December 20, 2023 A class action accuses UFB Direct of running a “classic bait and switch” scheme whereby it has “lured” new accountholders with the promise of its highest-yielding savings accounts, only to cap the APY shortly thereafter.

December 12, 2023 A class action alleges Walmart and Cash App have known for years that their financial services are a key tool for scammers yet have ignored the “obvious holes” in their anti-fraud measures.