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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Discriminatory Lending Practices
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more to resolve allegations they discriminated against certain customers based on race or other protected categories.
Penalty Total since 2000: $1,635,950,000
Number of Penalty Records: 12
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Bank of America | $705,000,000 | 2 |
| Wells Fargo | $234,300,000 | 1 |
| Associated Banc-Corp | $200,000,000 | 1 |
| H&R Block | $125,000,000 | 1 |
| Ally Financial | $98,000,000 | 1 |
| American Express | $96,000,000 | 1 |
| JPMorgan Chase | $53,000,000 | 1 |
| PNC Financial Services | $35,000,000 | 1 |
| M&T Bank | $32,750,000 | 1 |
| Royal Bank of Canada | $31,000,000 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Bank of America N.A. | Bank of America | financial services | banking violation | 2012 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $370,000,000 |
| Countrywide Financial Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2011 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $335,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | Wells Fargo | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $234,300,000 |
| Associated Bank, N.A. | Associated Banc-Corp | financial services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2015 | HUD | $200,000,000 |
| H&R Block, Inc. | H&R Block | financial services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2011 | MA-AG | $125,000,000 |
| Ally Financial Inc. and Ally Bank | Ally Financial | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2013 | CFPB | $98,000,000 |
| American Express | American Express | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2017 | CFPB | $96,000,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2017 | USAO | $53,000,000 |
| National City Bank and its successor PNC Bank | PNC Financial Services | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | CFPB | $35,000,000 |
| Hudson City Savings Bank | M&T Bank | financial services | banking violation | 2015 | CFPB | $32,750,000 |
| City National Bank | Royal Bank of Canada | financial services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2023 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $31,000,000 |
| Citibank N.A. | Citigroup | financial services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2023 | CFPB | $25,900,000 |
