- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2022-07-15T16:45:00
A pair of regulators slapped a total of $225 million in fines on Bank of America for failures related to unemployment benefit disbursements the bank made during the pandemic.
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U.S. Bank agreed to pay nearly $36 million total in separate settlements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for allegedly impeding consumers’ access to their unemployment benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bank of America agreed to pay approximately $230 million to settle charges levied by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over alleged junk fees, withheld credit card rewards, and the opening of fake accounts.
Wells Fargo will pay a total of $3.7 billion to address “widespread mismanagement” of auto loans, mortgages, and deposit accounts as part of a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
A lack of supervision and internal controls at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney allowed four of its investment advisers to steal millions from customers before the behavior was detected, the SEC said in charging the firm.
A subsidiary of McKinsey & Co. will pay nearly $123 million to the Department of Justice to settle allegations that it bribed officials in South Africa to win consulting contracts.
A defamation lawsuit filed by a whistleblower against USAA, which a Florida judge recently dismissed on a technicality, revealed in public court records an estimated 400,000 violations of the Military Lending Act by USAA Federal Savings Bank (USAA Bank), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of USAA.
