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Business & Finance

US sues JPMorgan for alleged mortgage discrimination

NEW YORK: The United States on Wednesday sued JPMorgan Chase & Co, accusing the bank of discriminating against minority borrowers by charging them higher rates and fees on home mortgage loans between 2006 and at least 2009.
Published January 18, 2017 Updated January 18, 2017 03:27pm

imageNEW YORK: The United States on Wednesday sued JPMorgan Chase & Co, accusing the bank of discriminating against minority borrowers by charging them higher rates and fees on home mortgage loans between 2006 and at least 2009.

Filed in a Manhattan federal court, the government's complaint accused the bank of violating the US Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by charging thousands of African-American and Hispanic borrowers more than white borrowers with the same credit profile for home loans.

Copyright Reuters, 2017

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