Capital One Merger Energizes Opponents of Banks' CRA Lawsuit

Also, Warren and other progressives have been leaning on SEC's Democrats over climate rule

Banks always knew that suing over the Community Reinvestment Act could bring some serious blowback, especially from civil rights groups and affordable housing advocates who have long championed tougher rules against discriminatory lending. But the industry probably didn’t anticipate that the opposition would be quickly supercharged – by a banking mega-m…