Friday, June 5, 2026

Fed FOIA Denials for Predatory Enova Application Trigger Lawsuit by Inner City Press in SDNY

SOUTH BRONX/SDNY, June 1 – The Federal Reserve and OCC are entertaining applications by Enova, the parent of high cost lender CashNetUSA, to acquire Grasshopper Bank, already deeply engaged in AI banking.

Inner City Press requested documents including the Federal Reserve's communications with Enova, under the Freedom of Information Act. The Fed denied the request, then on Inner City Press' appeal provided entirely redacted pages and a denial, which said if you don't agree, you can sue.

Among with the denial, the Fed sent Inner City Press entirely redacted pages from its Additional Information letter to Enova, which we put on our DocumentCloud here

Inner City Press has now filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Fed for its communications with Enova - copy of complaint, which went live on PACER on June 1, on now on CourtListener, here. The Fed has 30 days to answer.

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