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UPDATED JULY 18, 2026 · 707 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01MARKETS

Quontic Bank clears its federal compliance agreement after completing required remediation

A consent order, the binding regulatory agreement that places a bank under mandatory corrective oversight until its federal supervisor signs off, has been lifted from Quontic Bank. The Offi

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02MARKETS

Venture Global, Inc. faces a shareholder investigation into director conduct

A New York law firm is asking whether the people running a publicly traded company put shareholders' interests second. Fiduciary duty is the legal obligation that requires corporate directors to act in the best interest of those who own sha

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03MARKETS

Middle-Class Investors Would Save Billions Under a Proposed SEC E-Delivery Rule, Trade Group Says

Default e-delivery, meaning electronic delivery of fund documents becomes the automatic method unless an investor requests paper, is the mechanism behind a projection of billions in savings for middle-class investors. The [Securities and Ex

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04MARKETS

New investors join Liberty Bank's parent company as Daniel Cohen takes the chairman role

A bank holding company, the corporate layer that owns and controls a chartered bank below it, welcomed new investors on July 16, 2026. The parent of Liberty Bank, N.A. announced the new ownership group that day and named Daniel Cohen as its

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05MARKETS

Ukraine-Spain Business Council holds inaugural Kyiv meeting, MHP executive chairs Ukrainian chapter

The Ukraine-Spain Business Council convened for the first time in Kyiv on July 16. A bilateral business council, in plain terms, is a structured private-sector body that gives companies from two nations a standing venue to coordinate on tra

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06MARKETS

Conner Homes promotes Dalton Smith to vice president of business operations in Bellevue

A newly created executive position at a homebuilder signals a deliberate choice to reorganize how that company manages itself. Vice president of business operations is a title that places one executive

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07MARKETS

Unmarried California drivers face higher auto insurance rates after court backs Commissioner Lara

Unmarried Californians can legally be charged more for auto insurance than married drivers with the same records and the same cars. A California Court of Appeal confirmed that on July 16, 2026, when a divided panel upheld Insurance Commissi

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08MARKETS

Wire fraud at the closing table: a former CIA officer explains how homebuyers get targeted

Wire fraud is what happens when a criminal tricks a victim into sending money electronically to an account the criminal controls. Real estate closings have become a well-documented target: buyers are moving large sums o

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09MARKETS

SpryPoint hires payments veteran Kevin Gallagher to lead embedded utility payments push

Embedded payments, the practice of processing transactions inside a software platform rather than routing users to a separate billing system, have become a priority for software companies that want to keep customers inside their own product

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10Debt settlement can lift a credit score over time, HelloNation says
11Brian Ganser Named Partner in Charge of Advisory at Cohen & Co
12Catherine Wood named head of commercial banking strategy at First Horizon Bank
13Investors in GPGI, formerly CompoSecure, targeted by securities class action alleging investor harm
14Ameritas elevates MacDonald and Mehra to senior vice president roles

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