May 2025

Fannie Mae partners with Palantir to weed out fraud

Influential government-related mortgage investor Fannie Mae will be partnering with Palantir, a company involved in introducing more artificial intelligence to financial services, as its regulator and conservator steps up its fight against fraud. Peter Thiel, who owns stakes in Trump administration ally Elon Musk’s companies, founded the AI firm that will be helping identify patterns […]

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Banks’ net income rises in first quarter, FDIC says

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg The banking industry demonstrated steady earnings performance in the first quarter despite signs of stress in real estate portfolios, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FDIC acting Chairman Travis Hill offered a measured outlook for the industry during a Tuesday press conference announcing the quarterly report, noting banks were putting aside slightly

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Title company sues feds over looming reporting rule

A leading title insurer is suing two federal U.S. offices over a new “arbitrary and capricious” reporting rule aimed at preventing money laundering activity that it claims exceeds their authority.  Fidelity National Financial and its similarly named title insurance subsidiary filed the lawsuit in a Florida federal district court in May. Named as defendants were

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