Fifth Third Bank fined $20 million for opening fake accounts, forcing people into vehicle insurance – AOL
Fifth Third Bank has been fined $20 million for opening unauthorized accounts in customers’ names and forcing borrowers who already had auto insurance to sign up for the programs, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Tuesday. The bank must pay penalties in addition to compensation to 35,000 affected consumers, 1,000 of whom have had their […]
Fifth Third Bank to pay $5 million to settle auto insurance allegations – The Washington Post
Fifth Third Bank has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle allegations that it forced auto loans. The scheme led to customers taking out duplicate auto insurance policies, resulting in higher monthly payments and, in some cases, resulting in the seizure of vehicles from customers who could not pay. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau […]