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Company: Fifth Third Bank
Current Parent Company: Fifth Third Bancorp
Penalty: $21,500,000
Year: 2015
Date: September 28, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: credit card violation
Violation Description: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced two separate actions against Fifth Third Bank, for allegedly discriminatory auto loan pricing and illegal credit card practices. The joint CFPB and Department of Justice auto-lending enforcement action required Fifth Third to change its pricing and compensation system to minimize the risks of discrimination, and to pay $18 million to harmed African-American and Hispanic borrowers. The CFPB's action against Fifth Third's deceptive marketing of credit card add-on products required the bank to provide an estimated $3 million in relief to eligible harmed consumers and pay a $500,000 penalty.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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