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Company: M&T Bank
Current Parent Company: M&T Bank
Penalty: $3,100,000
Year: 2014
Date: October 9, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: banking violation
Violation Description: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against M&T Bank for deceptively advertising free checking accounts. The CFPB found that M&T lured in consumers with promises of "no strings attached" free checking, without disclosing key eligibility requirements. When consumers failed to meet the requirements, M&T automatically switched them to checking accounts with fees. M&T will provide $2.9 million in refunds to the approximately 59,000 consumers deceived into paying fees and it will pay a $200,000 penalty for the violations.
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: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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