Wells Fargo Bank agreed to pay at least $175 million to settle Justice Department charges that it discriminated against more than 34,000 qualified African-American and Hispanic mortgage applicants, steering them into subprime loans or charging them higher fees.
It’s the second-biggest fair lending settlement ever reached by the government, and will result in compensation to borrowers who were victims of lending discrimination.
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